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04-20-12, 07:29 PM
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Custos serpentium
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Show that glow
I'll start...here's Tanner tonight. Now, let's see the glow on your Royals 
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04-20-12, 07:44 PM
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queen of the Chicken Dance
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Re: Show that glow
Head shot of Siegfried, peeking out from underneath one of my blankets
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04-20-12, 08:14 PM
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Re: Show that glow
Wow, great looking snakes! To be honest, I never even noticed that Ball Pythons had an iridesence to them. Guess I never saw them in the right lighting or looked close enough... I will make a point of paying more attention next time.
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04-20-12, 08:18 PM
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Custos serpentium
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Re: Show that glow
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Originally Posted by chloro
Wow, great looking snakes! To be honest, I never even noticed that Ball Pythons had an iridesence to them. Guess I never looked close enough... I will next time though.
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Healthy individuals do, but in *my* threads we call them Royal pythons, not Ball pythons 
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04-20-12, 08:27 PM
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queen of the Chicken Dance
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Re: Show that glow
A little natural sunlight Glow
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04-20-12, 08:28 PM
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Formerly chloro
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Re: Show that glow
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Originally Posted by CDN_Blood
Healthy individuals do, but in *my* threads we call them Royal pythons, not Ball pythons |
Thanks for the info. Maybe that's why I never noticed a sheen. The only ones I've ever held were from (non-reptile specific) pet stores, maybe the parameters in their enclosures was not up to par or something (I would not have noticed anything at time time).
May I ask why you only call them Royal Pythons? (not being cocky, just curious).
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04-20-12, 08:29 PM
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slainte mhath
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Re: Show that glow
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Originally Posted by CDN_Blood
Healthy individuals do, but in *my* threads we call them Royal pythons, not Ball pythons |
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Todd,i have to admit when i saw the title of your thread.....
i clicked on it to see how folk reacted to you using " royal pythons " instead of " ball pythons "
imo they should be reffered to as " royal's " in everyones threads mate
cheers shaun
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04-20-12, 08:30 PM
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queen of the Chicken Dance
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Re: Show that glow
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Originally Posted by chloro
Thanks for the info. Maybe that's why I never noticed a sheen. The only ones I've ever held were from (non-reptile specific) pet stores, maybe the parameters in their enclosures was not up to par or something (I would not have noticed anything at time time).
May I ask why you only call them Royal Pythons? (not being cocky, just curious).
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That is their correct, proper name.
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04-20-12, 08:35 PM
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Formerly chloro
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Re: Show that glow
So (and I appologize in advance for going off topic), if I am understanding correctly "Ball Python" is more of a misnomer and not a species name? If that's the case, I never knew that, I thought it was just an alternate name for the species. I'm sorry.
(I completely understand your remark then Todd, because it irritates me when people call my African Grey a "Congo" African Grey, because it's not a real name just a nickname or marketing name for the nominate subspecies).
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04-20-12, 08:36 PM
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slainte mhath
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Re: Show that glow
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Originally Posted by chloro
May I ask why you only call them Royal Pythons? (not being cocky, just curious).
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python regius (ball python)
The name "royal python" (from the Latin regius) is based in part on the story that cleopatra supposedly wore the snake around her wrist.
cheers shaun
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04-20-12, 09:06 PM
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Re: Show that glow
Trouser after a shed
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04-21-12, 04:48 AM
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Custos serpentium
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Re: Show that glow
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Originally Posted by KKgal
A little natural sunlight Glow |
There's just nothing like sunlight. Lookin' good!
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04-21-12, 04:49 AM
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Custos serpentium
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Re: Show that glow
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Originally Posted by USMCgunner11
Trouser after a shed
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Wow, very handsome snake!
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04-21-12, 04:52 AM
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Re: Show that glow
Heres an old one taken of Rita last year. Shes gotten so much bigger and more colorful now though.
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04-21-12, 04:54 AM
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Custos serpentium
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Re: Show that glow
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Originally Posted by chloro
So (and I appologize in advance for going off topic), if I am understanding correctly "Ball Python" is more of a misnomer and not a species name? If that's the case, I never knew that, I thought it was just an alternate name for the species. I'm sorry.
(I completely understand your remark then Todd, because it irritates me when people call my African Grey a "Congo" African Grey, because it's not a real name just a nickname or marketing name for the nominate subspecies).
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It's not really a misnomer, but it's more of a hold-over from the days when Royals were first available and they were all wild-caught. They were so shy that the majority of them would ball-up for hours if disturbed. These days you don't see that as much, and if you do it's because the snake simply isn't well-adjusted. Being some many generations into captive-bred now has taken a great deal of fear out of them, so you really only see that on snakes that are man-handled or barely handled at all.
It's very similar to the African Grey/Congo thing, as you mentioned. For the record, everyone who's explained why they're called Royal Python here has been correct, so that saved me some time - Thanks folks!
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