Ball pythons live in a large range. The Sub Saharan of Africa encompasses flat plains, low hills and scrub, high plains, forested plateau regions and mountainous terrain. The climate ranges from hot and dry to tropical hot and humid. All of these different factors are found relatively close together. Even in Ghana in which the Volta Basin composes most of its central area. There are ball pythons that live in the forests, hills, and scrub plains. In hot dry areas as well as hot and humid tropical areas.