Asharee133
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Hey, I'm just wondering if anyone that has gone herping has found a wild bredli python?
I've seen them in the wild, managed to luck out and find one the first night i spent looking. I cant load photos due to some blocking feature in my computer but i'll try and get it resolved and get some photos up
I have a couple of wild ones here, that were collected on permit from Alice Springs. They aren't anything special now, but when I first received them they blew any captive ones I'd ever seen out of the water. We are about to move premises and once we have, I will set them up outside and hopefully their colour will intensify.
Hey Jonno,
So it's true what they said about UV intensifies the colour on Bredlis? What made them not so 'special' anymore? Is it the fact that it was kept indoors? Sorry if I've crossed over to the killzone here but I was just interested as to whether it's true or false.
I've found that wild Darwins are the same. I've caught alot of darwins on permit to be kept in captivity. When they come out of leafy green environments like rain forest or palm forest their colours on bright days smack any captive darwin in goolies but within a day or two of being in captivity they lose those bright colours. I think diet my have an impact on colour aswell as sinlight and i'm not entirely convinced that it is just the UV in sunlight that does it.
G'day Snakelove,
When they first arrived, they were fluorescent orange. They are now a dull brick red - still nicer than most in captivity but nothing on what they were. I started a thread several months ago asking if anybody had noticed a correlation between UV or white light and colour intensity. If you search it up, you'll find some good information.
Cheers
That sure is interesting. Do you have any solid articles regarding this topic? No. Have you tried getting them back to their normal selves? No. Were the darwins kept indoors after you've collected them? Yes, but they lost their colours within hours. Ever tried putting them outdoors? No.
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