Python regius

Atlas of current color and pattern forms of ball pythons

The ball python atlas is celebrated by fans of this snake as the ultimate. The leading German expert, Stefan Broghammer, describes everything you need to know to successfully keep and breed Python regius in a practical, easy-to-understand manner and with new findings. On the other hand, Broghammer describes and illustrates the incredible wealth of color and fantastic 1, 300 photos - including, of course, many spectacular morphs and combinations. The updated edition also includes information on what is probably the most spectacular case of fraud in terraristics.

Forwords
Preface

1. General Section
Systematics
- Appearance and Size
Distribution and Natural Habitat
Ecology
- Arboreal or ground living? A re-appraisal!
Conservation Status
Ranching Programmes
- 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 and Red Ball: a scams story
- 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