P. Breitensteini and p.brongersmai

[Jyson]

Forgive my ignorance. I have been looking around on the net for a definitive guide to blood pythons. More specifically the differences between the above two species.

As a youngster do they both look the same and if so what are the ways to tell them apart.

Also with ball pythons there is a rule of thumb regards to breedable size and weight. Does anyone have any info on what size they look for when breeding p.brongersmai

Regards

Andy

thanks for any input

The differences between the two are very simple to spot when you know what to look for.

P. Breitensteinis have a row of scales between their labial and peripheral scales. Brongersmai don't posess this row of scales. Check out the pics on Kara's site(homepage), they are excellent examples.http://www.bloodpythons.com/cms/
EDIT: Didn't see your second post, my bad.