Ok Python Lovers! I have heard a rumor, that a ball python/burmese mix was at one time produced.... Mr Bob Clark, the wonderful man he is, confirmed this rumor in an email, saying he'd seen a picture of one, but he didnt know much about it... This has further sparked my interest in hybrid snakes, I dont want one... or want to breed one, But Ball pythons and burms are my 2 faves... I have searched and searched and searched for evidence of this burm/ball mix.... but have found nothing, not even a trace.... So, My curiosity has gotten the best of me, and I was wondering if any of my fellow herpers help me track down some info on it

Thank you TONS!

Char

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Hi Char
I heard about this on a German forum over here. The first version I heard was that he put the ball python into the female albino Burm terrarium while he was cleaning the BP terrarium. Of course he didn't expect them to copulate, but they did, and he got a clutch of "Burmballs." There's no mention of this story on his homepage, so now I'm wondering if he bred them purposely.
Here's a link to his photo gallery (scroll down to the middle):
(There were even a few albino Burmballs in the clutch)
Adobe Web-Fotogalerie

His website is Riesenschlangen und Pythons but it's all in German.
He's charging almost US$7,000.00 for a baby burmball.

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I don't agree with hybridizing but those snakes are gorgeous. I wonder how large they are going to get.

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Thank you for the link... I think its very unnatural and odd, but its really interesting... your awesome!

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Bateaters own the hybrids.

Theres burmballs, superballs(bloodxball),bateaters(retic x burm), a carpetxchondo forget the name of it, The wall(woma x ball),angolan x ball and several others I forget.

But bats are my fav.

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Wow, I didnt know there were so many hybrids! Ill have to start checkin out the others.... Got any links to good hybrid sites?

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NERD has some pics of them, other than that mostly forums

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There is a ball python morph called woma, that IS NOT a hybrid. The woma x ball is called the WALL

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Carpondro

Ball Python x Black Blood Python, by BHB

The Wall by NERD

Bateater by NERD
New England Reptile Distributors, designer Ball Pythons, Reticulated Pythons, and much more!

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WOW, How stunning! Thank you so much for the pictures and the links!


Thanks again,
Char

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"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." ~ Anatole France