Ant Hill Python On Eggs

[Lizards of Oz]

I just thought I'd share a photo of my female Ant Hill Python on her new clutch of eggs. These guys are also known as the Pygmy Python (Anteresia perthensis) and they are the smallest known python in the world. They are very cool snakes.

 

[weswright]

Beautiful snake! Awsome pics! Thanks for sharing.

 

[oscar]

very nice indeed. i have heard of them, but not alot. what are they like? size? temperment? morphs?

Scott

 

[chuckpowell]

You luck dog. I've been looking at those guys for over a year. Unfortunately their outside my price range. Good luck with them and she is a beauty.

Best,

Chuck

 

[Lizards of Oz]

The adults are under 24" and they are very laid back. There are no morphs that I am aware of, but they are special just as they are. There is something really cool about holding a snake the size of a Garter snake with all the personality of a Python.

 

[oscar]

under 24"?!?! no kidding!! and i thought hoggies were small and thick.

so what exactly do you mean by personality of a python? i've only had colubrids so not sure.

Scott

 

[Lizards of Oz]

I guess I should have said the looks of a Python. It just amazes me to see a Python that is that small.

 

[Brandon]

Matt, great looking girl! are you going to use maternal incubation for that clutch? What do the adults feed on, hoppers? how about the babies?

 

[Lizards of Oz]

Hi Brandon,
They will be incubated artificially in my incubator. The adults feed on frozen thawed hoppers or small mice. The babies typically feed on small pinkies to start.

 

[Brandon]

cool matt--would you mind contacting me in private about the babies (and pricing) you will hopefully hatch? these guys are probably my favorite of the anteresia genus :wink: