Short-Tail Python Gallery #2 - Sumatrans

Black Sumatran Python

ID: Black Sumatran Python

This is a three-year-old young adult Sumatran python, Python curtus. This is the southern black morph, and she is a beauty, an exceptional specimen. Unfortunately, at this time we do not have a similar black male to breed her with. We are looking for a good mate and a good match for her.

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Sumatran Short-Tail Python

ID: Sumatran Short-Tail Python

This is a young snake, now in her second year and beginning to look like an adult. This girl is a nice example of the orange-headed northern race of the species. She also is a het-caramel-albino, and we hope a future important part of that project.

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Het-Caramel-Albino Sumatran Juvenile

ID: Het-Caramel-Albino Sumatran Juvenile

This is a young het-caramel-albino, one of the orange-headed race of Sumatran short-tail pythons.

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Sumatran Short-Tail Python from Southern Sumatra

ID: Sumatran Short-Tail Python from Southern Sumatra

This is a beauty from the Lampung District of southern Sumatra. It's about two years old and is on it's way to becoming one of the big black specimens. You can very clearly see how the anterior parietal scales have very little contact, a characteristic of Python curtus.

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Zebra Sumatran Short-Tail Python

ID: Zebra Sumatran Short-Tail Python

This is an unusual variation of Python curtus. At this time, we don't know if this is an inheritable trait. We've been acclimating this little wild-caught male and we intend to use him to found a new lineage.

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Hatchling VPI Caramel-Albino and Het Sibling

ID: Hatchling VPI Caramel-Albino and Het Sibling

These are from the VPI caramel-albino lineage, just a few days out of the egg.

One is a normal appearing het and the other is a caramel-albino. Sumatrans are big babies that grow fast. The species can be bred at two years of age, although we usually wait an additional year, so that the females can get some more size.

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Hatchling VPI Caramel-Albino

ID: Hatchling VPI Caramel-Albino

This is a baby VPI caramel-albino, just a few days out of the egg.

They are excellent animals to raise--good feeders that grow well with very few problems. One special consideration is that a keeper does have to be sure that Sumatran short-tail pythons always have water to drink.

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Het-Caramel-Albino Juvenile

ID: Het-Caramel-Albino Juvenile

This is a youngster that is heterozygous for the VPI caramel-albino appearance. Even the hets are very pretty animals.

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Juvenile VPI Caramel-Albino

ID: Juvenile VPI Caramel-Albino

This is one of our babies, pictured here at about six months of age. They are outstanding snakes, they just get prettier as they grow.

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VPI Caramel-Albino and Eggs

ID: VPI Caramel-Albino and Eggs

Here is a female on eggs. This species breeds readily in captivity. They lay eggs that are slightly smaller than the eggs of Borneos and blood pythons. The eggs are easily incubated and hatched.

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