DIAMOND PYTHONS Morelia spilota spilota
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This exquisite python is among the most beautiful snakes in the world. Photographs do not do them justice!  Even after years of keeping them, they can still stop me in my tracks to gaze at their beauty. The dorsum is olive and black with 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.  Longitudinal lateral blotches start at the neck and run the length of the body.  The ventral scales are a clean white or light yellow.  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.  It's not uncommon for Sydneysiders to find Diamond pythons hibernating on their property, however, north facing rock outcrops with plenty of sun exposure are typically used.  Diamond pythons will emerge from these sites on winter days to bask for a few hours.  The babies are dark and go through an ontogenetic change at around 12 months.  We provide our Diamonds with big enclosures and lots of vertical room to climb.  They are among the most enjoyable serpents we keep.

In the last five years alone several new fascinating morphs have surfaced. Much more work is required to unravel the complex polygenetic system of these beautiful pythons. Extremely variable in color and pattern,  M. s. mcdowelli is considered the largest of the Morelia genus. Most grow to between 7 and 9 feet, however, some can grow to over 10 feet. They range from the northern tip of the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, southeast along the Great Dividing Range to the vicinity of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.  They inhabit eucalyptus woodlands and rocky outcrops near drainage systems; their diet consists  of mammals and birds.  SerpentsOnline.com is committed to producing only genuine mcdowelli, and will never compromise the integrity of our breeding stock. 

Carpet, or Bredli  blood.  
    

Red Hypo Jaguars
We believe the Red Hypo Jaguar morph is the most beautiful of all the available Jaguar morphs. As babies Red Hypo Jaguars start out with russet markings over a cream or beige ground color.  They soon develop a white or very light butter yellow ground color. 
   

Hypo Jaguars
Hypo Jags develop an intense lemon yellow ground color with no black tipping. Here's an adult male and a juvenile.
 

Normal Siblings
Normal Sibling Coastal Carpet pythons from the Hypo Jaguar line have a different appearance than typical Coastals.  Frankly, we find some Normal Sibling specimens to be more beautiful than Jaguars!  These pythons have not inherited the Jaguar pattern, but it appears they do possess similar Jag color traits; many grow up to be incredible looking reptiles. We have produced specimens with clean colors and aberrant patterns such as dorsal striping, zig-zags, with lots of yellow and white tipping in the dark bands.  Normal sibs are not heterozygous for the Jaguar morph, however, they are capable of producing both types of hypo morphs when bred to a true Hypo Jaguar. We have bred Normal sib x Normal sib and all of the offspring were normal as well.   Whether you work with Jaguars, designer carpets, or wild type Coastals, introducing genetic material from Normal Siblings into your breeding program may yield interesting results or perhaps even unlock new Carpet morphs.