Aime sent me a great photo of a Burmese python that was on her walkway. She knew it was a python and figured it wasn’t too aggressive, and in this case she was right. Burmese pythons are quite a bit less vicious than their cousins the Reticulated Pythons. Burmese Pythons can grow to 8 meters. Reticulated pythons can also get that big. Blood Pythons very rarely get over 2 meters.
Burmese Pythons (Python bivittatus) resemble blood pythons also – which are found in southern Thailand as far as Krabi province (we’ve found a couple here in Krabi). I didn’t know Burmese pythons or blood pythons to be found in Phuket though. Apparently they are.
Note – these snakes can be confused with the deadly Chain Vipers – the patterns and colors are very similar to the untrained eye. Chain vipers, also called Russell’s viper – are found in and north and east of Bangkok mostly, not in Phuket or anywhere south of the Chumphon province area (so far).
Update – check the comments, some are insisting it is not a Burmese python… I think they are right… must have been someone’s pet that was let free in the jungle, and comes around houses because it doesn’t fear people.
Hi,
that´s a ball python (from africa). Somebody must have set it free…
ha! I wouldn’t doubt it… I looked at some Burmese pythons today in the cages and the pattern is not the same as this one – at all. I’m not good at Pythons though. You could be right Paul!
its a ball python i work at a zoo and i handle those all the time, it is definitely a ball python, the pattern is completely different to a burm
Do you handle the Burmese pythons all the time too? Just seems strange that a ball python in Thailand is running loose. Guess someone could have bought it at the Chatuchak market in Bangkok, and when it got too big – freed it in Phuket. Funny stuff… Yeah, the pattern is definitely quite different from the Burmese pythons we have in Krabi – and we’re only 150km away. Thanks Will…
Yeah, that’s definitely a Ball Python. I have 3 myself and an Albino Burmese. Balls are heavier bodied (relative to their size) but at maturity are smaller than Burmese. Ball Pythons average 3.5 to 4 feet with some rare specimens reaching 5 to 6 feet. The most noticeable difference at a glance though is the patterning.
OK, thanks for your vote. Can the ball pythons mate with the Burmese, do you think? I’m sure it’s been tried – anyone know the result of that?
it is a burmball – Burmese python x ball python
Shyt that might be mine, my ball python ran away 1 yeah agoif you find that can you please call me (his name is Rudy btw) 0836410665
1000% west african Ball Python, not even close to a Burmese python, the head, patterning, build is all wrong. Btw I have a Ball Python at home :)