Only 6 months old and SO beautiful. I was captivated by this little Royal python. Taken at a photography day with CaptiveLight in Bournemouth.

Explored October 6 2024

Lors de la Grande Fête de la Nature, sur les Plaines d'Abraham, Québec, le 16 mai 2010, l'Association herpétologique de Québec était présente et j'ai pu l'admirer et surmonter ma crainte des reptiles en l'approchant d'assez près, hésitant même à le caresser.

• Indian python / black-tailed python / Indian rock python / Asian rock python

• Pitón de la India

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Serpentes

Family:Pythonidae

Genus:Python

Species:P. molurus

Albino specimen

Reserva de Flora y Fauna Dr. Rodolfo Talice

Trinidad, Flores,Uruguay

Tiny, an Olive Python

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Cairns Spotted Python (Antaresia maculosus).

Urban Wildlife. FNQ, Aust.

The Royal Python is also known as Ball Python as they tend to curl into a ball when they are stressed. They are a non-venomous species and the smallest of the African pythons although they still reach a maximum length of 182 cm (72 in). Apparently they are very popular pet snakes.

I took this photo at our zoo.

Malayopython reticulatus

Darwin Carpet Python (Morelia spilota variegata)

Found with head protruding out of a roadside drain on the driveway in torrential rain. Cairns FNQ. 2 metre sub-adult male.

Children's python (Antaresia childreni) from the Katherine region, was a lot more orange tinged than the ones I usually see in Darwin.

I usually try not to post two of the same type of animal in a row, but I haven't seen anything else too interesting lately unfortunately.

Cairns Spotted Python (Antaresia maculosus).

Urban Wildlife. FNQ, Aust.

Holy Hand Grenade from Antioch - Manual

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First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shallt thou count to three, no more no less.

Three shall be the number you shalt count and the number of counting shalt be three.

Four shant you not count, neither count thou two, exepting that thou proceed to three. Five is right out.

Credit : Monty Python, Monty Python Fans

Orig:

youtu.be/Qw-x8EFSOdA?si=OrDRMxrbAf__No-Q

Brown water python (Liasis fuscus) / (Liasis mackloti) showing off its brightly coloured yellow belly.

Darwin Carpet Python (Morelia spilota variegata) peering out through the humid gloom of the monsoon vine forest.

Barron River drainage on the outskirts of Cairns, FNQ. Adult female.

Children's python (Antaresia childreni)

A nice little top down view to show off their cool markings.

Darwin Carpet Python (Morelia spilota variegata)

Smallest of the carpet python subspecies, adult Darwin Carpet python's average around 2m long.

Children's python (Antaresia childreni) and a friendly mosquito.

I haven't been out much due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so here's an alternative shot from earlier this year.

I prefer the patterned shot from above [LINK] but I love is position and that there's a mosquito for scale in this photo.

A green tree python.

PHOTO SERIES:

I raised this female albino Burmese python from an 18 inch baby. She is almost 12 feet long in this photo. I bred her with my seven foot male albino Burmese python two years in a row. She laid over 20 eggs each time and all eggs hatched. I built a home made incubator to hatch the eggs, and sold the babies for $100 each.

I raised pythons, boas, rabbits, and rodents for most of the '90s. I also had three cats at the time.

This is a bad scan of a print.

Check out the photo on the wall above my head. That is a photo of Mt. Timp that I took with my 35 MM Canon. The original print is incredible; sure wish I could find a print or the negative.

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Black-headed Python (Aspidites melanocephalus)

First one I've ever seen in the wild, and now finally checked off my list. Extremely shiny heads, I don't know how people get good shots of them, but I did my best haha.

A recent portrait of a pretty stunning adult male Jungle Carpet Python (Morelia spilota cheynei) from the Wet Tropics Bioregion south of Cairns in FNQ.

Python molurus bivittatus

Sub-adult found crossing a road under the full moon in south Florida.

Adorable juvenile.

Python Bridge officially known as High Bridge (Hoge Brug), is a bridge that spans the canal between Sporenburg and Borneo Island in Eastern Docklands, Amsterdam. It was designed by Adriaan Geuze of the architecture firm West 8 and built in 2001.

Missy & Mhina

Missy getting a hug from Mhina. These two could not be more indifferent. Missy is quite simple when it comes to the ball pythons: she has no interest. She'll just chill and enjoy the attention I give her. She's more fascinated by the scampering feet of the bearded dragons - they are far more interactive than the boring snakes it seems to her. And well, Mhina has been around all the sights and smells of the house since she was a hatchling (Spring '02) that the only smell she concerns herself with are rats. Rats are a completely different story. lol

Throughout the whole video Mhina is simply moving away from Missy - she seems to enjoy getting exercise and exploring the environment outside of her own enclosure and Missy is simply an obstacle. I only take her out of her enclosure for no more than thirty minutes at a time and only when she gets active, usually at night. She basically indicates when I fool around with her; this was one of those times. I don't forcefully take them out of their hidebox, unless I'm feeding them or they need a quick soaking during ecdysis, to minimize any undo stress such actions may cause.

Yukio touches her tail in the video, which is basically all he ever does, if ever he gets the gumption. Never aggressive, just curious. Under normal conditions I don't advise tail touching with snakes because it can be a sensitive area and they will often jerk away when this occurs. Mhina does not do this. Mhina doesn't seem to be sensitive in this area. I've tested her tolerance quite a bit because of the household I live in and she has shown what her limits are, which is pretty limitless. However, I do not push my snakes. My other BP, Beau, (hatched Spring '02) does not like the whole social aspect with different stimuli; he can be wary of his surroundings and I don't wish to agitate him. Even though he's never been aggressive, I don't take the chance. I adore my ball pythons and the bitch pom too. lol

A python in Guindy snake park, Chennai, India

Python ... Shot through glass ...

Seattle Woodland Park Zoo ...

yep... who dares wins...

No no.

I think that green python exactly knows who's the boss.

Or maybe he just doesn't like french cuisine...

Or...

what do you think?

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I am very much obliged to this huge amount of comment and faves,

thank you all very very much!!!

Highest position on EXPLORE:

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This is a photo of a Australian native green tree python only found in north Qld. This little one is a baby and is one of my first photos taken on my new Pentax K-3.

A very rare sighting of the Pumpkin Python hatching.

Farah in Red & Silver Python for Fifty Linden Fridays at the Mainstore.

Rigged and sized for Lara, Freya, Hourglass and Legacy.

A stunning young Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) at sundown in riparian rain forest habitat near Jourama Falls in tropical north Querensland.

Taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark 3 DSLR coupled to a vintage C/Y (Contax/Yashica mount) Yashica ML 55/2.8 1:2 macro lens with a third-party adapter. Hand-held with manual settings, manual focus and reflected side-lighting utilised.

Shot @ 3.2.

I love my Yashica..

These snakes look threatening but they are no problem around the the house if outside . This guy is looking to have a drink , I think or just sensing the scene .

Carpet Snake ( Morelia Spilota Variegata ) 7'- 8' long

Chapel Hill

Brisbane