Info on Sub Saharan Local?-The Giants

I was just curious if anyone knew anything on these guys and had any good pictures of some really big ones. What I know is they come from a a Mountain range in Ghana, they get well over 3000g, can get over 6ft, and have huge heads and clutches. I'm kinda curious to anything thats going on with them as far as breeding them into morphs and stuff. Thanks

Um I think some one is trying to scam. Maybe not but.. Ball pythons all come from sub-Saharan Africa. Non of them live in the mountain ranges. (it gets below freezing there) They can all get well over 3000g. Range in length from 3-6 feet. They all can also have large clutches (13-20 eggs).

I don't know but they sound the same to me. I think some one is just trying to make more money.

there is a thread here in bp pics

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Originally Posted by TessadasExotics

Um I think some one is trying to scam. Maybe not but.. Ball pythons all come from sub-Saharan Africa. Non of them live in the mountain ranges. (it gets below freezing there) They can all get well over 3000g. Range in length from 3-6 feet. They all can also have large clutches (13-20 eggs).

I don't know but they sound the same to me. I think some one is just trying to make more money.

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Not a scam.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...hlight=saharan

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Originally Posted by waltah!

Not a scam.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...hlight=saharan

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Yep...not a scam. BG's buddy would import them when they were gravid and some would lay 18 eggs and be over 6 feet long. BG saw a male that looked like a Burm.

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Originally Posted by Big Gunns

Yep...not a scam. BG's buddy would import them when they were gravid and some would lay 18 eggs and be over 6 feet long. BG saw a male that looked like a Burm.

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I heard BG'S buddy just imported a 7000 gram male last month. :O:O

The value in these giants is to breed them into morphs, raise those morph girls up, and have a Bumble Bee lets say -- drop 12-15 eggs. :)

I believe in fact that they come from Ghana.

Can someone who has imported some verify this?

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

I believe in fact that they come from Ghana.

Can someone who has imported some verify this?

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The story BG heard was they come from some mountain area, but BG forgets where. These things are monsters.

There are the same species?? Different subspecies?? I'm asking because wondering about eventuality of genetic pollution in our CB Ball python population.

I think they were just old healthy ball pythons my self. They have supposedly been being imported for some time now by Outback.

The stories are real... we here at B.G's buddies place have have brought in some monsters....we missed the season this year, but next season we will bring some in that will even make BG kringe...can you say 8000 gram male....

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Originally Posted by TessadasExotics

I think they were just old healthy ball pythons my self. They have supposedly been being imported for some time now by Outback.

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Beleive me, they are not just old ball pythons, they are a locality giant that get huge. If they were just old they would be everywhere not just from the North.

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Originally Posted by Big Gunns

Yep...not a scam. BG's buddy would import them when they were gravid and some would lay 18 eggs and be over 6 feet long. BG saw a male that looked like a Burm.

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Mmhmmm! I actually have a female normal that I am growing up (my only normal) who was 1 of a clutch of 19!!!

Merciful!

And how much would one of these giants run if one was to be for sale?

Maybe that guy at the pet shop really DID have an 8' long 100 pound Ball!

Gale

8000 GRAM MALE!!! Wow, I heard they get big but I didn't realize they got that big. I want to get my hands on one of these guys now! Now all these 7000 & 8000 gram males, do the males from this local get bigger than the femles or are there some anaconda sized females some where in the wilds of Ghana?

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t=biggest+ball

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Originally Posted by gcanibe

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t=biggest+ball

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? Has nothing to do with Sub-Saharans.