New species of Blood Python found.

[Caylan]

Angolans are another similar adaptation like this, a longer more slender version of the shorter chunkier version. The Kyaiktiyo is to Bivittatus, like Achietae is to Regius so to speak. I've also heard of a locality of regius that are religiously protected, that are a giant strain of regius, consistently growing lengths in excess of 5 feet. I haven't heard much about these either, but they do exist apperently, and it may account for some of the larger ball pythons we see occasionally... its not like they are religiously kept from breeding normal ball pythons... or are they?... lets not get into that... I say this as I have seen some accounts now that just don't seem normal... But back to the task at hand, I don't know what to really believe in terms of theories... if the babies hatch witht he same ventral scale count, we can assume it either found a sibling to mate with, another of it's kind, or possibly parthenogenesis... if they have lowered ventral scale count, we can assume it found and mated with a brong(linking to that it was a brong x burm long down the line) and slowly lowering its ventral scale count generation by generation. I want to believe its a new species, or older species rather, but being the only one found so far... I dunno. I imagine its length makes it semi more arboreal like a burm at a young age, which would make this species so cool to observe in captivity as well... I know its a long shot, but I hope it pulls a crested gecko lol! Mini blood burms... *DROOOL!*

[millertime89]

I wouldn't be surprised if its a completely separate species. We're finding them all the time, just not usually larger species. Can't wait to see what comes out of those eggs.

[Caylan]

I wonder what's more probable, a new species discovery of this calibre, or a hybridisation of the same level? They could easily be a burm blood hybrid, but in another sense there's just no way! Then to be fertile even... Sure wish I was older and rich, I'd just go check it... That's how curious I am lol! The babies are the key, if they do come out the same but different genders... then there has to be more.... how is it bloods are found so easily but these aren't, where were they when burms were being imported by the thousands... errr....

[exwizard]

Theres already a Borneo as well as a Sumatran and now theres apparantly a Burmese Blood. Oh wait, that sounds like a hybrid. Ok, Myanmar Blood sounds so much better. Beautiful species btw.