Ball Python or Royal Python
Family: Boidae
The name, 'Ball Python', is derived from this snakes tendency to curl up in a tight ball as a defensive behavior.
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Ball Pythons
Python regius
Natural History
Ball pythons (Python regius) are found at the edges of the forest lands of Central and Western Africa. They are equally comfortable on the ground and in trees.
The Ball Python gets its name from its primary method of defense. When disturbed, the ball python will wrap itself up into a ball, protecting its head by hiding it in the middle of its coils.
Clown Ball Pythons
Clown ball pythons are so named because they have a comical face and pattern, reminiscent of a circus clown. This a recessive mutation, and has only been available for a few years.
Ball Pythons come in more " flavors" than any other boids being bred in captivity.........this is what makes them so popular and exciting.
Ball pythons (Python regius) are found at the edges of the forest lands of Central and Western Africa. They are equally comfortable on the ground and in trees. They are crepuscular, active around dawn and dusk.
Ball pythons are often over-collected for the pet trade. This impact, as well as the collection for food by indigenous people, is beginning to have a negative effect on their populations.
Ball pythons are fairly long-lived.
The Philadelphia Zoo kept a wild caught ball python from
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Along with ball pythons, boas are believed to be some of the longest-lived of all snakes. In general, boa constrictors can live 35 or more years. The longest-lived boa ever recorded was 40 years, 4 months.
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The Care and Maintenance of Ball Pythons, Advanced Vivarium Systems, Lakeside, CA, pp. 2-6.
Mehrtens, John. 1987. Living Snakes of the World, Sterling Pub., NY, p. 62.
Stidworthy, John. 1971. Snakes of the World, Glosset & Dunlap, NY, p.58.
Adult female ball pythons are larger than adult males. This sexual dimorphism is not present in neonates, but is apparent in adults. Adult females also have longer jaws than their male counterparts.
This is one of only a few documented cases of parental behavior in snakes. Dr. Steve Gorzula has noted in his CITES Ball Python Survey report that Ball Pythons do not exhibit shivering behavior to increase the temperature of a clutch during ...
Species Python regius (ball python)
Species Python reticulatus (reticulated python)
Species Python sebae (African rock python) ...
It is known in North America as the ball python because it will roll into a ball with its head tucked into the middle as a defence mechanism when it feels threatened; in Europe, it is better known as the royal python.
 See also: Python, Genet, Reptile, Ounce, Snake
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