oenpelli

[reece89]

hey guys n girls i was wondering is their anyone on this site who owns oenpelli python i always see all of australia's other pythons on this site except for oenpelli python are they rare or something i think they are beatifull animals if anyone owns post pics please

cheers reece

 

[mines bigger]

if someone did own one i dont think they would post it on this site

 

[reece89]

yer true but u never hear of them much

 

[Simple]

As far as i know there are none in private collections.

 

[cris]

There are very few around and i dont think they have ever been bred in captivity, a lot of their natural range is off limits due to native title. Hopefully somtime in the future some can make their way into the system, i sure hope they dont like eating toads.

 

[Mork]

The last statistics i saw said that there were 2 males "on paper" with hobbyists in NSW. But who knows how/when these guys will start popping up in the hobby. Probably won't be affordable in my lifetime though

 

[Kratos]

Awsome snakes, got to work with them at the territory wildlife park on work experience. I love it how there silver at night and brown during the day.

 

[bredli84]

hey, it says here that they have been bred in captivity http://www.smuggled.com/pr39.htm
also the territory wildlife park intends to breed them (though i heard that they only have 2 males?).
i also found a pic (google images) which suggests that Bob Clarke has at least one.

 

[cris]

I stand corrected

 

[Tatelina]

Ok I've seen a picture after I googled.. but what are they? Why they so special?

 

[Jonno from ERD]

G'day guys,

The story, as I understand it, is that Peter Krauss had a pair of Oenpelli's. He bred them, and hatched out two juveniles, and then published the data he collected. Upon publication, NT Parks confiscated all of the animals as he didn't have permission to collect them. These are the animals that are/were on display in the NT (which have now been topped up with recently collected animals, at great expense, apparently).

It's a real shame that such an awesome, unknown species is virtually unknown scientifically due to politics.

Cheers

Jonno

 

[cris]

Ok I've seen a picture after I googled.. but what are they? Why they so special?

No more special than any other animal, although they could be the largest python in Australia maybe.

 

[mitchdiamond]

Don't Scrubs have the title as the biggest?

 

[Simple]

I heard that NT wildlife park had troubles keeping them alive and healthy. Does anyone know if this is true?

 

[dickyknee]

Don't Scrubs have the title as the biggest?

I am sure they are , from what i've read the oenpelli only gets to around 4 metres or so

 

[Tatelina]

Oh. Well that wasn't nearly as exciting as I thought it was going to be.

 

[dickyknee]

Oh. Well that wasn't nearly as exciting as I thought it was going to be.

LOL
Did seem to go no where

 

[Australis]

In a few years time they will be available to priate keepers

 

[snakeboy5000]

i hope soo they are really kool looking animals

 

[snakeboy5000]

and they would pronaly be wat 1500 dollars