A mate of mine has seen 26 in the wild, and yes just about all luck combined with spending a lot of time in the right sort of areas! The few times he has actually been looking for them he has never found them.
Saratoga, that is awesome thanks for sharing your photo of a Oenpelli Python, which is something that we don't get to see that often.
l know that in the not to distant future, the Oenpelli will become available to private reptile collectors, but they wont be cheap to buy at the beginning let me tell you.
l cannot tell you who will be breeding them that is very private and confidential, so please don't even think about asking me who it is that will have access to the Oenpelii Python's.
A mate of mine has seen 26 in the wild, and yes just about all luck combined with spending a lot of time in the right sort of areas! The few times he has actually been looking for them he has never found them.
There was a time when you can say this animal's name and a great discussion would follow. I guess those days are gone...
I'm wondering how many people have checked the metadata for GPS tagging???.........BTW it's a screen shot so locality remains safe!
The photo is a couple of weeks old now. Glad to see that good sized Oenpellis are still around....I haven't heard of one for a long time although I'm no longer hanging around those parts.
I didnt know much about the snakes, so I did a bit of reading and it seems that they are a species considered vunerable. If this is the case why not issue a permit to one or two very experienced breeders to help increase there population through captive breeding. or "conservation through captive propagation" as its known as. It looks as if the biggest problems is people illegally collecting them, so breeding could take the pressure of wild specimens as well as give us a chance to properly study them?
So what happened? Nothing
Couldnt find any in that day? nope
Not enough time to organise a search party? Nope
Or possibly some success that nobody knows about? nope!
I would like to know what is the phenomenal attraction about this species. Everybody would want one (or 5).
I am not saying they are not attractive but all that fuss about what looks like an overgrown Childrens' python, too big to keep unless you're a scrubby et al. person, nothing is known about their ecology ....... and so on. As far as the "looks" go, surely a BHP, jungle carpet, diamond (not to mention GTP) are far better looking snakes. ???
Is it the rarity? The potential price for any offspring? Prestige? Just wonder.
To me its all about the preservation of the species.
I agree Michael, they do not look that flash and apparently stress alot, be we need to set up breeding programmes to protect threatened species.
You, Gordo (myself) and a handful of others have different approach to the species - we don't want any. But it seems that 500 other members here just want one.
I have no interest in them becoming available to the hobby. My interest lies in the odd sighting of them. Mystique is everything with these pythons.
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