I guess I'll be the first to disagree. That tank doesn't sound suitable for a ball python IMO. Could you get away with using it? Sure, you probably could, but it's going to be a HUGE pain to keep temps and humidity where they need to be. The first problem would be the height of the tank. That's A LOT of open air up there that the bp won't make any use of, but heat rises so you'll be heating it anyway. They aren't arboreal, so they don't need room to climb. I would steer away from using heat lamps if you can avoid it as they dry the air out like nothing else. BPs do much better with belly heat as they tend to stay in their hides pretty much constantly, heating the bottom of the enclosure is much more efficient. If you can keep a temperature gradient, or at least a hot spot of 90-92 and a cool spot of 80-84, and manage to keep the humidity up around 50% (bumping up to 70% during shed) you should be ok. But, I would highly recommend looking into a tub setup as a temporary enclosure. You can go to Walmart and pick up a plastic tub, melt or drill some holes in the sides, add some paper towels as substrate, two hides and a water bowl and you have a bp setup for less than $20 (not including heat)...
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