Sumatran Short-tailed Python (Python curtis) on a large clutch of eggs. These are such an underrated species of snake in my local trade. Each species is amazing in its own unique way. #sumatranshorttailpython #python #pythonsofinstagram #pythoneggs #snake #bloodpython #blackbloodpython #reptilebreeding | Reptile Garden

Sumatran Short-tailed Pythons (Python curtus) busy hatching. | Reptile Garden

Sumatran Short-tailed Pythons (Python curtus) hatching. AKA Black Bloods. We are so happy to have recently hatched an amazing clutch of these snakes. So undertated in the trade. They become big gentle giants and rarely bite comaprate to other species of Short-tailed Pythons AKA Blood Pythons. Becoming the heaviest bodied snakes in the world for their lenght. The can get around 1,8 to 2 m max and upto 20kg. The Malaysian Short-tailed Pythons becoming the largest. #python #pythoncurtis #shorttaile

Sumatran Short-tailed Python trying to get my attention on her tail. This is to prevent a lethal head attack from a predator. Not to be confused with caudal luring when a snake is trying to lure prey in closer. Wiggling the tail like a worm to lure in things like birds, frogs, and lizards. #python #sumatranshorttailpython #reptile #snake #defensive #bloodpython #bloodpythonsofinstagram | Reptile Garden

My largest Malaysians Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai) This girl is an absolute sweetheart, but you have to watch her feeding response. She once got me on the thumb and it felt like she was going to pull all the meat of the bone. Never once have I seen her go for something like that and I was just changing the waterbowl. Always a good wake up call when they get you. Luckily not something venomous. It is always best practice to let a snake know it is you so as to avoid a feeding response.

Intermediate series: Blood & Short tailed Pythons (Python curtus, breitensteini & brongersmai) Blood Pythons are awesome snakes. Full of vim and vigour when awoken. An excellent example of what makes a next step snake. The three species of short-tailed pythons can be distinguished by small differences in head scalation. In blood pythons (P. brongersmai), the labial scales fill in the entire gap between the bottom of the eye and the lip - in Borneo short-tailed pythons (P. breitensteini) and Suma