Meet one of my two new rough scaled pythons, which arrived from Cairns via Sydney at Lismore airport last Wednesday. They were a gift from Peter Krauss, who is one of Australia's 'top' reptile men and featured quite a bit in my book, Snake Bitten (note the gratuitous plug..RRP $38.95). These guys only hatched just after Xmas and will grow to about 1.8m long.
Roughies are an interesting python...they were only scientifically described in the early 1980s and are only found in a small area in north-western WA near the Kimberleys. Several were caught under licence by John Weigel of the Australian Reptile Park and he established a breeding group which were the founder snakes for those which are now available for hobbyists like myself. They do have keeled scales and eyes that are positioned in a forward looking way which gives them a very distinctive appearance.
Meet one of my two new rough scaled pythons, which arrived from Cairns via Sydney at Lismore airport last Wednesday. They were a gift from Peter Krauss, who is one of Australia's 'top' reptile men and featured quite a bit in my book, Snake Bitten (note the gratuitous plug..RRP $38.95). These guys only hatched just after Xmas and will grow to about 1.8m long.
Roughies are an interesting python...they were only scientifically described in the early 1980s and are only found in a small area in north-western WA near the Kimberleys. Several were caught under licence by John Weigel of the Australian Reptile Park and he established a breeding group which were the founder snakes for those which are now available for hobbyists like myself. They do have keeled scales and eyes that are positioned in a forward looking way which gives them a very distinctive appearance.
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