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This page is indexed on our home page under Aspect: 8. Links - Species Specific and the Section: Snakes: Pythons

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This page contains a selection of the best links found on the reptile species: Blood Python (Python curtus). The navigation table on the top left will take you directly to the defined topics, such as  Natural Habitat, Captive care, Breeders, Pictures, More information, Other information and Taxonomy.

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A brief snippet about Blood python (Python curtus)

A brief introduction to the species will be inserted here ..... coming soon! In the interim we have a number of links on the species, listed on this page.

A blood python living in its natural habitat will spend most of its time underwater. While submerged in a river or stream, the blood python waits for its meal to cross its path. Python curtus would then stalk the targeted prey and ambush it. This aggressive characteristic is evident in other behaviors of the blood python.

Common name(s) Blood Python, Red Blood Python, Sumatran Blood Python, Malaysian Blood Python, Borneo Blood Python, Striped Blood Python, Albino Blood Python. Morphs Normal, Piebald, Albino, Caramel Albino, Lavender Albino, Hi Contrast albino, Platinum, Desert Ghost, Jungle, Pastel Jungle, Super Pastel Jungle, Lemon Pastel Jungle, Axthantic, Genetic Striped, Woma, Hyper Melanistic, IMG, Black, Anerthrystic, Ghost, Clown, Xanthic and more!

Common name: Blood python Scientific name: Python brongersmai Other common names: red blood python, Malaysian blood python General description: A snake of medium length with huge girth relative to its length. The head is long and broad and distinctly wider than the neck.

General Info The Borneo Blood Python, Python curtus breitensteini, is a medium sized but bulky python found in Borneo. They have a reputation of being pretty fiesty and unhandlable, but this depends on the individual. If you buy a baby, and raise it with a good amount of handling and care, you'll end up with a snake which is very easy to handle. But sometimes even with a good amount of handling, the snake will still be pretty nippy and nervous.

Common name(s): Blood Pythons, Red blood python, Malaysian blood python Latin name: Python brongersmai Native to: Peninsular (Western) Malaysia, Sumatra east of the central dividing range of mountains, Bangka Island and other islands in the Strait of Malacca, including the Lingga islands, Riau islands, and Pinang. Most blood pythons in US collection are from central Sumatra. Adult size: 5/7 feet

Common name(s): Blood Pythons, Red blood python, Malaysian blood python Latin name: Python brongersmai Native to: Peninsular (Western) Malaysia, Sumatra east of the central dividing range of mountains, Bangka Island and other islands in the Strait of Malacca, including the Lingga islands, Riau islands, and Pinang. Most blood pythons in US collection are from central Sumatra. Adult size: 5/7 feet

Distribution This Indonesian species is found in palm plantations, tropical forests and marshes in the Malaysian peninsula, eastern Sumatra and outlying islands. Wild Status Widespread throughout their range but diminishing in numbers, blood pythons are extensively exploited in the skin trade, and large numbers are slaughtered for their meat & hides. Over 60,000 blood & short-tailed python skins are harvested each year, a grim and sickening fact.

Please browse my site and you will see all the "mutations" and "projects" I am working on. It is so exiting to have so many unproven projects to work with, and the thrill of the hunt when trying to locate the next "New Morph" in Africa! There is nothing better than hatching out surprises! I hope you enjoy my site and I thank you for showing interest in my animals.

We've been raising some beautiful Blood Pythons for the past couple of years. In 2004, we produced our first Borneos. We'll be producing some outstanding Red Bloods, most likely in 2006. New photos and information will be provided as it becomes available.

We at the Blood Line specialize in breeding the most unique morphs of blood and short-tailed pythons available, with a lifelong love of reptiles, and 15 years experience breeding pythons, with an emphasis on the curtus complex. The Blood Line is able to fill all your blood python needs now, and for years to come.

Blood pythons have everything going for them. They are the right size, excellent temperaments, easy to feed and raise, willing breeders in captivity, have a rainbow of morphs, some of which are among the most beautiful of all pythons. Check out these pictures of some of our incredible blood pythons.

Blood Python article courtesy of Reptiles Magazine, January 2003 by Robyn Markland- Pro Exotics Reptiles I used to be scared of the Bloods. Back in my early days (1993, not exactly an "old timer") I didn't have a feel for snakes at all, much less the aggressive, nasty, face grabbing, sewer spewing, temperamental Blood pythons! But they were a part of our new collection at Pro Exotics, and Chad Brown, my partner in herps, thought that they were one of the snakes of the future.

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