Python regius

Stefan Broghammer ist der führende deutsche Experte, was Haltung und Zucht der „Ball Pythons“ betrifft. Seit vielen Jahren importiert er neue Farbformen direkt aus Afrika, kennt die Lebensbedingungen der Schlangen dort aus eigener Anschauung und gilt als Vorreiter auf dem Gebiet der Zucht von Designermorphen.

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Preface

1. General Section
Systematics
- Appearance and Size
Distribution and Natural Habitat
Ecology
- Arboreal or ground living? A re-appraisal!
Conservation
Ranching
- The Demise of Ranching
People and Pythons in Africa
- Ghana
- Togo
- Benin
Economic Importance
Population Status
Revered, Protected and Abhorred – Ball Pythons as a Fetish

2. Keeping and Breeding
Acquisition
Transport
Handling Pythons
The Terrarium
- Solitary or joint keeping?
- Climate
- Lighting
- Outfitting
Feeding
- Feeding Intervals
Moulting
Propagation
- Sexing
- Inducing Mating
- Mating
- Ovulation
- Gravidity
- Incubation
Sexual Maturity and Life Expectancy
Diseases
- Ectoparasites
- Endoparasites
- Bacterial Infection
- Viruses
- Constipation of intestinal obstruction
- „Hard Belly“
- Hemipenis and Intestinal Prolapses
- Injuries and burns
My Snake is Gone!

3. Colour Morphs
Where do these names come from?
A brief introduction to genetics
- Dominant and intermediate expressions
- Punnett ’s Square
- Genetics for breeders
- Can “heteros” be identified after all?
- „Combos“ – twin mutations
- Problematic genetic defects / wobbling
- Tricks and deceits in the market place
Ball Python morphs
- Recessive morphs
- Albino
- Amelanistisch
- Axanthic
- BB Ball
- Black Lace
- Bourgogne
- Caramel
- Clown
- Desert Ghost
- Genetic Stripe
- Ghost
- Lavender
- Monsoon
- Patternless
- Piebald
- Rainbow
- Sahara
- Scaleless
- Sunset Ball
- Toffee
- Tristripe
- Ultramel
- Dominant and co-dominant Morphs
- Acid/Confusion
- Bamboo
- Banana
- Black Head
- Black Magic
- Bongo
- Black Pastel
- Butter
- Calico
- Champagne
- Chocolate
- Cinnamon
- Creme
- Cypress Ball
- Desert
- Disco
- Enchi
- Fire
- Genetic Jungle
- GHI
- Granit
- Gravel
- Green Pastel
- Het Red Axanthic
- Hurricane
- Jungle Woma
- Leopard
- Lesser
- Lori
- Mahogany
- Mocha
- Mojave
- Mystic
- Orange Dream
- Orbit
- Paintball
- Panther
- Pastel
- Phantom
- Pinstripe
- Red Stripe
- Russo
- Sable
- Spark
- Special
- Specter
- Spider
- Spotnose
- Stranger
- Genetic Tiger
- Trick
- Vanilla
- Woma/Hidden Gen Woma
- Yellowbelly
- New, genetically verified morphs
- Bambino
- Black Adder
- Blondie
- Copper
- Genetik
- Huffman
- Masai
- Mathew
- Milky
- Monarch
- Nanny
- Neon
- NR Mandarin
- Red Gene
- Rio
- Silver Ghost
- Super Sentinel
- Speckled
- Unverified morphs and morphs identified as not genetically fixed
- Black Axanthic
- Burgundy Albino
- Chimera/Paradox
- Classic Jungle
- Dalmatiner Pied
- Fefe
- Odd Balls/Question Balls
- Orange Gen
- Ringer
- The prettiest Morph of all

Acknowlegments
Literature used and recommended reading
Internet support