Sub-Saharan ball python help!

[WarriorPrincess90]

But them you have people like me who would love a bigger BP. Do the males also get considerably larger? Or just the females?

[ClarkT]

Males and females get bigger than regular male and female bp's.

[OctagonGecko729]

Yeah they do get larger, and males can spread the genes wider then the females can. Any Subsaharan to captive stock is going to be 50% subsaharan. We don't know how big those will get yet.

[Bluebonnet Herp]

Yep Pythonminion is correct, the genes for larger snakes are polygenetic. There has been rumours about it being monogenetic but I haven't seen any real solid proof on that. Larger BPs tend to not be as marketable as smaller retics though from my experience, or as useful due to the morph "wars" that go on with BPs.

Yeah, I don't think they've gotten the attention they deserve and some people haven't had the chance of knowing about them yet. It was a long time, probably a year after I had gotten my first BP, before I even heard of them. That said, I'm like WarriorPrincess in that I've always wanted a giant BP and I'm always hoping mine get big.
Anyway, rumor has it that the largest on record was something like 8 foot long. (Geez an 8 foot ball python...) My money is on the one Tom Crutchfield owns, as not only is Tom a legend in the hobby, but because that sounds to be appropriately the size of a small Burmese. I'd definitely being breeding that sucker, that's for sure. If all ball pythons were around that size, my mind would probably stop thinking of them as the toys or goldfish of reptiles. And I wouldn't want an African rock python any more. lol

[Bluebonnet Herp]

Yeah they do get larger, and males can spread the genes wider then the females can. Any Subsaharan to captive stock is going to be 50% subsaharan. We don't know how big those will get yet.

No, it's going to be 100% Sub-Saharan because all ball pythons originate from Sub-Sahara Africa.

[BigDaddySnake]

I see this thread is very old, I found it wile searching for Sub Saharan/Voltas to purchase. I acquired one of these beauties in January and would like to get a few more. The importer I got mine from will not have anymore until late this year early next year. I only purchased one female as I had never used this guy before and wanted to make sure he was selling what he claimed. I really need an adult male as soon as possible and would like a few more females.

I had researched this bloodline and found out the most likely reason for their size. Is a process nature puts into place called gigantism. It happens when a gene pool becomes isolated as these snakes are in the Volta mountains.

If anyone knows of a breeder working with them please let me know.

Thanks Big Daddy

[BigDaddySnake]

In case anyone is interested here is a photo of my SS/Volta female

[bcr229]

If anyone knows of a breeder working with them please let me know.

This ad has been up forever so he may still have one or two: http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=498663

[BigDaddySnake]

Thank you for the link! I contacted them and they still had one. I should recive him next week.