White lipped (D'Albertis)

[JandC_Reptiles]

Will we ever have the chance to own this species?

I remember several years ago reading that there was very few in captivity in NSW & was wondering if anyone knows what sex they are/were? and whether it will be possible to see this species for sale to the public in the future?

Anyone got the 2005 NSW reptile keepers collection list?

[Simon_Archibald]

There are 2 still held in NSW according to the 2005 keepers returns...doesn't indicate sex.

Simon Archibald

[JandC_Reptiles]

ATT: Jeff Hardy,

Any chance you could inform us of the sex of the 2 species held in NSW?
Or your opinion of if this species will ever become available?

[NCHERPS]

I have worked with D'alberts in the UK, they are not the easiest species to breed.
I would love to see this species available here, but going on the stats list, and the fact that I have never heard of anyone else outside of NSW with them, I doubt very much if it will happen.

Neil

[Brodie_W]

Just buy a water python, make it really snappy, and paint its lips with whiteout hehehe

[zulu]

Yeh it goes that the onley two on records have come from an amnesty and that they were probably smuggled into ozz or taken from a reptile park etc.What a ridiculous system it is when it depends on illegals made legal instead of amounts of legals coming into a system from determined sources.Like its all just a grubby lottery.we could of ended up with a lot less if it not for the work of dedicated smugglers and filchers

[peterescue]

Unless its stated on the returne NPWS wouldnt necessarily know the sex.
I dont think they have ever been sighted on mainland Australia.
As far as AQIS is concerned the islands in Torres Strait may as well be a foriegn country.

[bwana]

Hi All,
I know the guy who declared the white lipped pythons.
He originally had 4 animals: One pair of southern PNG ("australian") and a pair of the gold northern PNG race. As the gold phase would not be able to be passed as Australian he sold them.
The pair of black phase White-lipped python are very nasty.
He had a hide box with damp moss for higher humidity.
He had them for years and hasn't bred them although he says they are a pair. Don't expect to see them available for years, if ever!

[zulu]

I think youd be safe declaring the lot as albertis pythons bwana,no one would have bothered or known the difference anyway,they are a type of albertisi anyway arnt they.Didnt stop people declaring foreign type gtps in the amnesty,the twenty five declared in NSW in 97 wouldnt all be australian.