Chondro wannabe

[pakobs]

Name-calling

In NSW they are still Liasis. Same as Childrens pythons and Stimmies. In books they are labled as Antaresia, but on the licence list they are still Liasis.

That's correct. According to Geordie Torr in 'Pythons of Australia' (2000) at least.

"...the Pygmy Python (Antaresia perthensis) is the smallest python species in the world."
Also known as the Ant-hill Python, it averages 50cm, maximum 70cm.

Technically, it should be called the Termite-mound Python, as that's where they're sometimes found.
Not ant-hills. Should the genus be called Termitesia??
In fact, all species of Antaresia have been found in termite mounds.

Lord Cogger reckons they average 40cm with a maximum of about 60cm.
Interestingly, in the 2000 edition of the 'Bible' he states that Antaresia (the "Children's Pythons")
are "readily distinguished from Liasis by having two or more loreal scales." As opposed to one.

As for their genus, - [Wilson & Swan] in 2003, and [Swan, Shea & Sadlier] in 2004 all go with Antaresia.
So there you go; NPWS is out of date it seems!
I'm going with the good Doctors' opinions.
Antaresia it is then. ( or is that Termitesia?) :idea:

 

[pakobs]

RE: Name-calling

Sorry about doubling up there.
How do you delete?

 

[Guest]

Dont think jeff Hardy is reall worried like ya said Sdaj it depends what Wells is feeling like when he wakes up :wink:

 

[Magpie]

Antaresia relates to "Antares" not ants.

 

[Kenshin]

nice snakes i love the liasis pythons i think if u are comfortable with a 5ft snake go the xtra mile n get some waters as far as i know in captivity they barely breach 6ft long.... i know that some really old ones around fog dam have been recorded at 9ft but yer sum1 shed some light if they own a monster water python

my personal oppinion would be to get hold of a pair of olives to these are awsum snakes gental giants normaly max out around 10-12ft long iv got a pair of olives and was gonna get some waters but of course my situation has changed and i cant buy any more herps...... wrasse has an awsum water python bred by sadji i think
have a look if you like
http://www.aussiepythons.com/module...ame=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

 

[Magpie]

Every captive adult water python I've seen has been over 7'.
Mine were 7-9'.
I've seen one big old boy over 10'.

 

[Kenshin]

my gtp wannabe

my 2 scrubs always pose like this ither on there dowl or on the edge of theyre tubs they also like to drag there food up high and eat it upside down its awsum lovely snakes but these would be way to massive to spike ur intrest me thinks

 

[Kenshin]

jesus 10ft water arp had a pair of wc adults sum1 got caught bringing in from nt...... they were 6ft each

also the dude that does the liceneceng for calm in wa also had a water python aquired the same way it was also 6ft long and rather old thats what i based my opinions off of.... could it be a locale thing?

 

[Sdaji]

wrasse has an awsum water python bred by sadji i think

Wrasse does have a lovely one, but the ones I breed are much better! (Wrasse of course will claim it is the other way around, I'm not sure if she is in denial or if it is just blind loyalty :lol: ) I have kept a pair for her which I'll be sending up in the nearish future (when I can bring myself to part with them!)

I grew my first water python (Aimy) to over 6' before she was one year of age, she is now a little over three years old and something around 8-8.5'. She had her first clutch of eggs in the season just gone. Most adult water pythons I've seen in captivity have been around 6-7' with just the occasional 8-9' specimen here and there (although in "standard reptile keeper length units", this equates to most being 8-11' and some being 12-15' :roll: ). I find that the ideal sized snake for me is around 6-8'. There will always be a place in my collection for a small number of large to very large snakes, but anything over 8-9' takes longer to look after, requires more food and space etc etc, so water pythons are pretty much perfect for me, or if anything, a little on the large side.

I've kept one hatchling from Aimy's first clutch (I named her in honour of Wrasse's water python Jade, which Kenshin mentioned). As with most of her siblings, she hatched on new year's day this year. I measured her this morning and she is just over 1 metre in length. She is also a perfect handler and won't bite even if you smack her repeatedly in the face (not that I am prone to smacking her in the face!) she did go through a short nippy phase but grew out of it by about 10 weeks of age and without much handling at all, generally about twice a month.

It seems that water pythons fed at the rates most people feed their snakes will generally end up around 6-8' in length and take a while to get there, but they do love their food and will happily eat more and grow larger if you indulge them; 3-4cm per week is an easily achievable growth rate for young water pythons.

As with most species, captive water pythons will readily grow much larger than their wild counterparts.

Nice scrubby, Kenshin, if I had the space, I'd be getting them too! :cry:

 

[Kenshin]

lol azztech was just over he fell in love with my scrubs..... may be another list member with a pair soon enough