Quote Originally Posted by JLC View Post
Actually, anywhere that ranges overlap with species that are genetically compatible, you can find hybrids in the wild. They snakes don't care. It's just that you would never find a burm-ball or similar hybrid because, of course, they would never find each other in the wild.
This is very true. In my wild animals in captivity class last semester we discussed it. Of course the % of these hybrids to each natural species isn't that large, but it happens completely on its own. Hence grolar bears (polar bear x grizzly) and the fact that much of the giraffe population is hybridized.

Seriously though, do these ball/burmese pythons get the same size as a burmese? Or are they like smaller?