St. Louis Zoo - snake01.jpg [1/1]

Query: brongersma's short-tailed python

Result: 5^th of 6

Subject:	St. Louis Zoo - snake01.jpg [1/1]
Poster:	S. Thomas Lewis (tomlewis@prodigy.net)

StLouisZoo-Snakes01-Blood Pythons-pair closeup-by S Thomas Lewis.jpg

File size : 70783 bytes File date : 1998:02:25 09:00:00 Resolution: 575x380 Jpeg process : Baseline Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals Posted Date: 20 Feb 1998 04:33:24 GMT

St. Louis Zoo - snake01.jpg [1/1]

I am not sure of the type of snake. Please feel free to reply to newsgroup to
identify

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From: sanpeh@flash.net
File To Comment: animal1/StLouisZoo-Snakes01-BoaConstrictors.jpg

The snakes pictured are Blood Pythons, check VPI Python (breeders)
http://www.pythons.com/vpi/pythons.html

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Scientific Name: Python brongersmai Stull, 1938 Common Names: Brongersma's Short-tailed Python, Blood Python, Red Short-tailed Python, Red Blood Python Synonyms: Python curtus ssp. brongersmai Stull, 1938 Taxonomic Notes: This species was long recognized as a subspecies of P. curtus (as P. c. brongersmai), but was elevated to a full species by Keogh et al. (2001) on the basis of its morphological and genetic distinctiveness.

brongersma's short-tailed python
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