WOMA
PYTHONS
Aspidites ramsayi Click here for
available Woma Pythons
Weproduce light patterned Tanimi type morphs, and bold patterned
Uluru type morphs. Aspidites is a morphologically
and ecologically distinct lineage of pythons. Womas inhabit the red sandy
spinifex plains of interior Australia.
Throughout their range womas are quite variable in color,
pattern, and size. By day this sand python escapes the sweltering outback heat by hiding deep in
soil cracks, hollow logs, animal burrows, rock crevices, and termite
mounds. Their ability to survive in such harsh conditions may help
explain why they are relatively easy to keep in captivity. Their diet in
the wild consists mainly of reptiles, including venomous snakes, but also
birds, and marsupials such as Bilbies and Burrowing Bettongs. Womas will
often caudal lure before striking hard at
their prey. These are great pythons have in your collection.
BLACK-HEADED
PYTHONS
Aspidites melanocephalus
This magnificent reptile is among the top predators of the Australian
outback. Black-heads lives in a variety
of humid and sub-humid habitats across the top end of Australia from
the Pilbara region in Western Australia, eastward across the continent to
the vicinity of Rockhampton,
Queensland.
In some parts of their range, like the Barkly Tablelands and the Great
Sandy Desert, Blackheads and Womas are sympatric. We keep the smaller Pilbara type
morphs, which have more contrasting color.
As a result of their fossorial existence, Black-heads and Womas possess
a single thermo receptor pit in their rostral. Although
it prefers to eat reptiles, this hardy python will consume frogs, marsupials, birds,
rabbits, and probably anything else it can over power. Blackheads are very docile and are among our all time favorite
Australian reptiles, however, breeding them in captivity can be a
challenge.
This exquisite python is
among the most beautiful snakes in the world. Photographs do not do
them justice! Their pattern is very interesting; to really
appreciate it you have to step back a few feet. The dorsum has a cream or yellow spot on the majority of individual
scales. These scale spots can vary in size. The pattern is
comprised of blotches or rosettes, most are in pairs or fused together
and run down the back
Longitudinal lateral blotches start at the neck and run the length of
the body. The ventral scales are a clean creamy white.
Diamonds live in the coastal
temperate regions of New South Wales and extend southward to the eastern tip of
Victoria. Their habitat is rocky sclerophyll forests. Some parts
of their range can get below freezing in the winter. They will emerge from
den sites on winter days to bask for a few hours. The babies are dark and
begin to go through an ontogenetic change around 6 to 12 months. Our
Diamonds are not intergraded with any other Morelia species.
Throughout their range womas are quite variable in color,
pattern, and size. By day this sand python escapes the sweltering outback heat by hiding deep in
soil cracks, hollow logs, animal burrows, rock crevices, and termite
mounds. Their ability to survive in such harsh conditions may help
explain why they are relatively easy to keep in captivity. Their diet in
the wild consists mainly of reptiles, including venomous snakes, but also
birds, and marsupials such as Bilbies and Burrowing Bettongs. Womas will
often caudal lure before striking hard at
their prey. These are great pythons have in your collection.
As a result of their fossorial existence, Black-heads and Womas possess
a single thermo receptor pit in their rostral. Although
it prefers to eat reptiles, this hardy python will consume frogs, marsupials, birds,
rabbits, and probably anything else it can over power. Blackheads are very docile and are among our all time favorite
Australian reptiles, however, breeding them in captivity can be a
challenge.
can vary in size. The pattern is
comprised of blotches or rosettes, most are in pairs or fused together
and run down the back
Longitudinal lateral blotches start at the neck and run the length of
the body. The ventral scales are a clean creamy white.
Diamonds live in the coastal
temperate regions of New South Wales and extend southward to the eastern tip of
Victoria. Their habitat is rocky sclerophyll forests. Some parts
of their range can get below freezing in the winter. They will emerge from
den sites on winter days to bask for a few hours. The babies are dark and
begin to go through an ontogenetic change around 6 to 12 months. Our
Diamonds are not intergraded with any other Morelia species.
