burhanab
Burmese Python - Daisy
From the Senca Park Zoo:
Our Burmese python, Daisy, was hatched in April, 1992 and came to SPZ in 1994. She is an amelanistic animal - a genetic mutation keeps her body from producing melanin, which creates a dark color, although she can produce the yellow color. Daisy is about 16 feet long and weights 108 pounds.
The "Python" family includes seven quite distinct non-venomous types. The largest of the types in which the individuals of several kinds grow to very large size is the genus "Python".
This subspecies ranges from northeastern India east through southern People's Republic of China and south through the Malay Peninsula and East Indies.
This subspecies is a heavy bodied and colorful animal. Pattern of large, reddish brown blotches outlined in cream or gold overlay a ground color of pale tan, yellowish-brown -or gray.
A prolific subspecies, up to one hundred eggs are deposited, incubated and protected by the female. The eighteen to twenty-four inch hatchlings leave the nest area soon after hatching, and given an abundant food supply, they grow quickly. Adults may attain lengths of twenty five feet.
Burmese Python - Daisy
From the Senca Park Zoo:
Our Burmese python, Daisy, was hatched in April, 1992 and came to SPZ in 1994. She is an amelanistic animal - a genetic mutation keeps her body from producing melanin, which creates a dark color, although she can produce the yellow color. Daisy is about 16 feet long and weights 108 pounds.
The "Python" family includes seven quite distinct non-venomous types. The largest of the types in which the individuals of several kinds grow to very large size is the genus "Python".
This subspecies ranges from northeastern India east through southern People's Republic of China and south through the Malay Peninsula and East Indies.
This subspecies is a heavy bodied and colorful animal. Pattern of large, reddish brown blotches outlined in cream or gold overlay a ground color of pale tan, yellowish-brown -or gray.
A prolific subspecies, up to one hundred eggs are deposited, incubated and protected by the female. The eighteen to twenty-four inch hatchlings leave the nest area soon after hatching, and given an abundant food supply, they grow quickly. Adults may attain lengths of twenty five feet.