Quote Originally Posted by Pythonfriend View Post


its so much different for so many other species, where there is no huge semi-domesticated population. and poachers and trappers actually go into the wild to hunt them down. you just cannot say "wild-caught BP" and be both serious and informed, it makes no sense. just call them africa import hatchlings. this is also where the really big guys get their dinkers. like for example the first pinstripe, or the first banana / coral glow, or the scaleless head. bamboo is an interesting case, it showed up and didnt move far at all, it went straight to a local breeder, who proved it out and claimed his world first and later sold bamboo hatchlings, at high prices, to you know who. EB Noah in Ghana.

http://www.worldofballpythons.com/bl...visiting-noah/ <--- big, professional, high-end morphs, located within the natural range of the ball python.
There are still a few folks that actually go out to hunt for new localities and mutations but you are right that most animals are farm bred. The farm breeding mostly goes on in agricultural areas of Ghana but like I said there still are animals that are taken from the northern plains and volta basin.