Will Liasis ever take off?

[catawhat75]

I would love to find a male for my female. Haven't stumbled upon one yet from someone I would buy from. There were 4 hatchling females at the Columbus show a couple months ago. Had Neil had some males, I would have snagged one. Of course I prefer an adult so I am making the search harder.

As for them becoming popular, I still have yet to figure out why they are not. People may think they are just a "plain brown snake" but my girl (I think) is stunning. Lighter with the darker freckles and they are hard to beat in the looks department when they are out in the sun.

BPs are my passion, but I have said time and time again that my Macklots is my favorite snake by far! I bought her at 4 years old. She came from a kid heading off to college who spent alot of time with her. She has a home with me until the day she dies. Puppy dog tame, most of the time. Hard to get a shot of though because she is always moving, wants to inspect everything. She is actually the one I bring out when people want to see a snake.

[TrpnBils]

Puppy dog tame, most of the time. Hard to get a shot of though because she is always moving, wants to inspect everything. She is actually the one I bring out when people want to see a snake.

That's why I think they have potential - they're curious and active. I think of all my snakes, these have the best "personality" of any of them. I find myself being watched and followed (stalked? ) by them anytime I'm in my snake room. My female seems to have this obsession for being on top of my head at all times when I have her out. I'm not sure what that is, but if she's not there, she's absolutely trying to get there ASAP

[Nick Mutton]

Te genus will never become more popular becuase most herpers today are just after the latest trendy morphs, and most simply dont appreciate a brown snake, its as simple as that.

Of the 5 taxons in the genus none are common, though savus and macklotts can be found fairly easily. Olive pythons are rare and Fuscus are VERY rare, particularily Australain fuscus.

in fact fuscus are one species that could be lost to herpetoculture int he next several years. It took me 2 years to find a pair of Australian fuscus, and in that time I only came across a few specimens and in most cases the owner knew nothing about where they came from.

The last species is the Dunns pythons Lasis macklotti dunni and they are already lost to US herpetoculture. There were animals in the US but due largely to a lack of interest they are no longer to be found in this country.

For the record I keep Macklotti, savuensis, fuscus and olivaceous.

[kenneally1]

Te genus will never become more popular becuase most herpers today are just after the latest trendy morphs, and most simply dont appreciate a brown snake, its as simple as that.

Of the 5 taxons in the genus none are common, though savus and macklotts can be found fairly easily. Olive pythons are rare and Fuscus are VERY rare, particularily Australain fuscus.

in fact fuscus are one species that could be lost to herpetoculture int he next several years. It took me 2 years to find a pair of Australian fuscus, and in that time I only came across a few specimens and in most cases the owner knew nothing about where they came from.

The last species is the Dunns pythons Lasis macklotti dunni and they are already lost to US herpetoculture. There were animals in the US but due largely to a lack of interest they are no longer to be found in this country.

For the record I keep Macklotti, savuensis, fuscus and olivaceous.

A mate of mine has a dunni pair , they are absolutely stunning, and have many subtle differences to my pair of timor macks.