Ball Python Morphs Found In The Wild

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Ball python morphs found in the wild. Largest selection of ball python morphs in the world. If the appearance is down to genetic mutation it can be passed on to its offspring. It is threatened by hunting for its meat and for the international pet trade. We started to collect ball pythons in 1989 and until 1991 we bought beautiful ball pythons from the importers for 5 extra.

Ball python morphs explained. This nonvenomous constrictor is the smallest of the african pythons. In case you re new to ball pythons or snakes in general let s briefly discuss what exactly a morph is when one refers to ball python morphs they re essentially referring to the unique physical appearance of the snake due to an underlying genetic mutation. Ball python morphs don t survive in the wild because they stand out and are targeted by predators.

Albino ball python the morph that arguably started the ball python morph craze this morph naturally occurs through the breeding of two normal ball pythons although that occurrence is quite rare. The royal python python regius also called the ball python is a python species native to west and central africa where it lives in grasslands and shrublands it is listed as least concern on the iucn red list because of its wide distribution. We found all manner of color and pattern anomalies beautiful ball pythons that were in the trade and about to be sent to some small pet store to sell for 15 or 20.