huh? i thought this was weird.

[mr~python]

so i was surfin the web for reptile site(you all do it!) and i came across this http://www.smuggled.com/ant1.htm its about "west ausralian ant-hill pythons" (huh?) anyway it say at the bottom it says "smuggled 2 from western ausralia can you afford to have read it?"

it all seems kinda fishy to me. dont you think?

[Kara]

Raymond Hoser is (in a nutshell) a big Aussie herp buff, and "smuggled.com" is his website. Keep in mind that Australia stopped allowing the exportation of native fauna in 1976, so Aussie herps tend to be a hot topic from time to time, esp. with regards to how some species became established in countries outside of Australia. Take it all w/a grain of salt, regardless of stance.

Ant-hill pythons, Antaresia perthensis, are the smallest of python species & originate from Australia. There is a small group of these animals established in U.S. collections.

K~