Quote Originally Posted by Aedryan Methyus View Post
It is my understanding that only Kalatoa locales are considered to be Super Dwarfs. I don't think size itself is a factor in classifying these guys in the Super Dwarf category, because there are mainlands that only reach 7' - 8'. At the same time, there are 100% pure Kalatoa Super Dwarfs that reach 9'. I'm not at all familiar with Ternate locales, but I know the Jampeas are considered to be the largest of the Dwarf locales. If anyone has any information on where the Ternate locales fit into the general Dwarf locale sizes, I would also be very interested in learning more about them. Up until now, I have only researched (in order of largest to smallest) Jampea, Kayuadi, Madu and Kalatoa locales. So, where would the Ternates fall in that scale, with regards to size?

It's impossible to say how large this snake will top out at, Robert. If you want to lessen the odds of of ending up with a giant, I would definitely keep his feeding schedules bi-weekly for the first couple of years and keep the prey sizes to no larger than the snakes girth. Did the breeder give you parental sizes and photos? As we have been discussing on here a lot recently, parental sizes, feeding schedules and prey sizes are major factors (in addition to genetics) in helping to determine how large these guys may get. If I had to guess, though, I wouldn't expect anything less than 10' with this guy...
See a lot of confusion. It was my understanding that the kalatoa an madu were classified as super dwarf. The breeder never used the term super dwarf that's my fault for assuming.. this is what the breeder said to me....
(She's 50% ternate 25% jam and she might be het anery..the platty jamp I used is a poss het anery....she's 30in...she is still a bit nervous so you will need to handle her....ternate island is a small island of the west coast of halmahera...that island group is north of where the Jamps and sds come from...ternates:cens0r:average 7 to 12ft...my biggest female is around 10ft..)

I planned to feed her once ever 7days a small meal as well as my male who is 50% kalatoa the first 6 months then as prey size increase the frequency of feeding will decrease..

their are so many Locale which is confusing .. selayer, Sulawesi, jampea etc etc. Love to see some literature that explains size potential over these locales

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