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Acknowledgments

4

(2)

Understanding Pythons

6

(4)

Binomial Nomenclature

6

(1)

Python Characteristics

6

(1)

Pythons versus Boas

7

(1)

Python Life Span

7

(1)

Habitat

8

(1)

Endangered Status

8

(2)

Acquiring Your Python

10

(7)

Before You Buy a Python

10

(3)

Buying Your Snake

13

(2)

Bringing Your Python Home

15

(1)

Captive-Bred Young

15

(1)

Consider the Source

15

(2)

Caging

17

(8)

What to Provide

17

(1)

Size of Cage

17

(1)

Local and State Regulations

17

(1)

Types of Caging

17

(2)

Constructing a Stacked Tank

19

(2)

Substrate

21

(2)

Hide Boxes

23

(1)

Cage Humidity

23

(1)

Cleaning the Cage without Getting Bitten

23

(2)

General Husbandry

25

(6)

Heat

25

(1)

Lighting

26

(1)

Mixing Species

26

(1)

Feeding

27

(4)

Medical Problems

31

(9)

Finding a Veterinarian

31

(1)

Quarantining Your Snake

31

(1)

The Warm Cage

32

(1)

Shedding

33

(1)

External Parasites

34

(2)

Internal Parasites

36

(1)

Respiratory Problems

37

(1)

Regurgitation

38

(1)

Mouth Rot

38

(1)

Viral and Retroviral Problems

39

(1)

Breeding

40

(12)

Sexual Maturity

40

(1)

Cycling to Induce Breeding

41

(1)

Copulation

42

(1)

Gravid Females

43

(1)

Nesting Sites

44

(1)

Removing the Eggs

45

(1)

How-to: Sexing Your Snake

46

(2)

Retained Eggs

48

(1)

Brooding Behavior

48

(1)

Genetics

48

(1)

Working with Color

49

(3)

Incubation

52

(4)

Commercial Incubators

52

(1)

Letting the Female Incubate Her Eggs

52

(2)

How-to: Making Your Own Incubator

54

(2)

Species Accounts

56

(36)

Children's Python Complex (Antaresia ssp.)

56

(4)

Papuan Python (Apodora papuanus)

60

(1)

Aspidites: The Black-Headed Python and the Woma

60

(3)

Bothrochilus Pythons

63

(1)

West African Burrowing Python (Calabaria reinhardtii)

64

(1)

White-Lipped Python (Leiopython albertisii)

65

(2)

Water Pythons (Liasis spp.)

67

(4)

New World Python (Loxocemus bicolor)

71

(1)

Morelia: Carpet Pythons and Relatives

71

(10)

Angolan Python (Python anchietae)

81

(1)

Short-Tailed Pythons (Python curtus ssp.)

82

(2)

Burmese Pythons

84

(2)

Ball Python (Python regius)

86

(2)

Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus)

88

(1)

The African Rock Python (Python sebae ssp.)

89

(2)

Timor Python (Python timorensis)

91

(1)

Useful Addresses and Literature

92

(1)

Glossary

93

(1)

Index

94

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