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Children's or Spotted Python?

Which type of python is it:

  • Children's python

    Votes: 2 66.7%

  • Spotted python

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • A cross between the two

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Something else

    Votes: 1 33.3%
  • Total voters
    3
  • Poll closed .
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I had the pleasure of attending the M.A.R.S. show in Timonium, MD this past weekend. As I have experienced in the past it was again well organized and had some really great vendors.

I settled on a Children's python hatchling that has had 2 feedings of live pinks. The information the vendor provided was that it will reach 4 feet in length, can be kept just like a corn - as far as heat and humidity, it's spots with grow with him and sharpen, and that most people can't tell the difference between the spotted python and the Children's - the one I chose he told me was unquestionably a Children's. Having dealt with boas before it sounded fairly ok, but the heat and humidity comments had me wondering. Everything I have found so far says they like higher heat and humidity, and the spots will fade possibly completely.

So some of the information I was given was flawed. I don't regret my purchase at all - she is nice and mellow, nice light colorations, and I will try after another day of acclimation to her new enclosure to see if she will eat.

My question for anyone that can help me - is she a Children's, Spotted, cross, or just something altogether different?

Thanks for you all for reading this post and sharing your knowledge.
 

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It can be difficult to tell the difference between baby Children's and Spotted pythons. (well - Cape York spotteds tend to stand out) The patterns are similar, and there is not a huge difference in color...but I would call that a Children's. You are correct, that generally a Children's spots appear less distinct as it grows older (IMO, more due to an overall darkening than the spots fading).

As for the temperature and humidity requirements - I would not be so cavalier as to suggest they can be kept like a corn snake, but they are pretty undemanding snakes. Keep the temps with a gradient in the 80s and they should do fine - they are tolerant of fluctuations, so minor periodic changes due to weather/ambient temperature are not of major concern (read: its ok if the temps hit 90, or fall into the mid 70s now and then...just don't try to keep them there long term)
 
I am by no means an expert but I went and compared pics of about 50 children's pythons and 50 spotted pythons of varying ages and the species are really hard to tell apart but your specimen looks more like a children's than a spotted, IMO...sorry I can't help more... :(
 
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