The loss of heat or gain of heat from any object is based on the temperature of the object, the temperature area of the objects surroundings, and the contact surface area between the object and its environment(The greater the surface area the more heat will be lost). heat storage is based on the mass of an object(larger mass= more heat storage). An adult ball python would store alot of heat due to its size but lose more heat due to its larger surface area. the hatchling would store less heat due to its size but lose less heat due to the smaller surface area. Based on those FACTS and the identical structure of large and small ball pythons, I would make the EDUCATED guess that the rate of heat loss in both large and small pythons would be equal if they were in identical environments and had the same initial temperature.
ha ha...I hope that point was clear...my thermodynamics explainations can never be made simple....but i tried
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