Our Resident Ball Pythons

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Ball Python

(Python regius)

Did You Know?

Ball Pythons are also known as Royal Pythons because Cleopatra supposedly wore them around her wrists!

Description: The Ball Python is a relatively small, ground dwelling, non-venomous snake. They are typically brown and black in color, with a tan-yellow underbelly.

Length: 3-6 feet, Females are generally longer than males

Life Span: In captivity they generally live 20-30 years though some have been known to live for as long as 40 years.

Habitat: Savannahs and rain forests

Range: Native to Western Africa

Diet: Ball Pythons are constrictors that eat a wide variety of prey in the wild including lizards, amphibians, birds and small mammals.