Adult royal pic!!

Anyone who was cool enough to read this site's caresheet, written by none other then myself, would know that they're called royal pythons because of their latin name. python regius, regius translates to royal.

I'm not entirely sure which came first, but it's the best guess I've ever seen put out as far as an explanation of their name. Maybe they were called royal pythons before the latin name came along? Who knows. I found it one day when I was playing with a latin translator.

Wow, The Godfather. Haven't seen you in ages!
In my experience, I always thought that "royal python" was a more "literal" name, since it's translated directly from their Latin name. I figured that "ball" python was a "slang" term that was coined when someone noticed they coil into a ball as a defensive posture.

http://newenglandreptile.com/webpics/bigball.jpg

This female was about 5 years old when I got her - she's around 9 now.

There's 12" or so of snake behind my right hand in the photo, and I'm 5'4", for reference.

K

Yeah, I took a break from the webmaster thing. Too much put into it to be worth it.

I wish they were called royal pythons, it's a far cooler name. I'm too accustomed to ball python, I can't change :(

Kara, thats a hot bp.

Wow that's one big ball. How long is she exactly? I take it it's rare that they get that big? I know of bp's lengths, but never seen one in pics like that. I wouldn't mind Pelota sprouting to that size in the future. :)

wow that is one big bp/rp!

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Originally Posted by The_Godfather

Yeah, I took a break from the webmaster thing. Too much put into it to be worth it.

I wish they were called royal pythons, it's a far cooler name. I'm too accustomed to ball python, I can't change :(

Kara, thats a hot bp.

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Ball Python is a nickname for them,they are Royal Pythons,but since they ball up,they got the nickname of Ball python.

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The_Godfather wrote:
Yeah, I took a break from the webmaster thing. Too much put into it to be worth it.

I wish they were called royal pythons, it's a far cooler name. I'm too accustomed to ball python, I can't change

Kara, thats a hot bp.
Ball Python is a nickname for them,they are Royal Pythons,but since they ball up,they got the nickname of Ball python.

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and the native call them shame snakes

nice royals every 1!!