What is this ?

What is this ?

Postby ziiyo » Sat Aug 21, 2010 12:18 pm

Hey all , I was told this is a Red Blood brongersmai . It looks like it to me i just want to double check with more experienced snake owners/ If you have one.

Python curtus brongersmai
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Re: What is this ?

Postby Microlepidotus » Sat Aug 21, 2010 12:37 pm

I dont own one but looks very much like a Red blood.

That could by some miracle be a normal blood python as they look quite simaliar.

Although I have no experience with these snakes, so dont bother on my oppinion.

I stand to be corrected......
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Re: What is this ?

Postby Bushviper » Sun Aug 22, 2010 7:57 am

You have three choices. It could be a black blood P. curtus (not likely) or Borneo short tail P. breitensteini which would have orange eyes with black pupils and a light yellow coloured head, or the Malaysian blood P. brongersmai which has some red markings in it as well and often has a dark head.

Scalation on P. breitensteini closely resembles P. brongersmai in that they both have Anterior Parietal in broad contact with the midline suture, were this does not occur with P. curtus. P. breitensteini almost always have one subocular scale over their eye and a percentage of granular scales between the eye and the supralabials. P. brongersmai has two supralabials and the others have a single supralabial. P. brongersmai also has more than 166 ventral scales where the other two have less than 166 ventral scales which is easy to count.

Go check your animals and then you will know.

If you are not sure which scales are which go look at http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/Scott/PDF%20 ... curtus.pdf
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Re: What is this ?

Postby agung » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:41 pm

am agree with bushviper about scalation..but if i can guess is that the left one is Python curtus brongersmai from sumatra, but i dont know for sure about the right one cos i cant see the head..maybe P.C brongersmai 2. Can i get closed up on the right one pls ?
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Re: What is this ?

Postby ziiyo » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:02 pm

A friend sent me these pix .. so i was just asking dont have anymore :(
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