As Bogertophis stated there are certain species that are more prone to that type of behavior.
Olive pythons and even more so Papuan pythons are an iffy combo if you are not careful.
Papuan pythons are well know for eating other snakes. They will take Scrub pythons and that's no small task. Mark O'Shea wrote about it in his book. BOAS AND PYTHONS OF THE WORLD
Unfortunately I'm not familiar with every species of snake so I can't offer much beyond what I've learned about boas and pythons.
I've personally not heard about any breeding issue with boa constrictors, the carpet group, reticulated pythons, or Burmese/Indian pythons.
Pre-mating battles in some species of carpets and reticulated pythons occur with males.
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