#albino python

[eggfoto]

[kendraw]

Reacquainting myself with an old character of mine, Yolk the dragon! I've been on the fence about her last revamp for a while now and felt it was time to take another crack at her- make her more in-line with my own personal aesthetics- AKA: FEATHERS!

[lilgaypufferfish]

Just some snake cuddles

[serenafath]

Lola in 2014

[electronicsquid]

Pedestrians reacting to an albino python on display in a window in Rockefeller Center

(Andreas Feininger. 1955?)

[frumious-bandersnatch-ao3]

“And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,“

(Revelations 20:7, KJV)

[thecreatureawaits]

The Creature Awaits #126:

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry.  Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

This week we continue "Shockingly Yellow" Month, where we'll be featuring animals sporting surprisingly sunny shades! : )

(Gorgeous image taken by the photographer known as Tambako the Jaguar.  Be sure to visit their gallery, especially if you love big cat photography even half as much as I do. : )  (CC BY-ND 2.0))

"Albino" Burmese Pythons

Scientific Name: Python bivittatus

Region: Various terrains throughout Southeast Asia

Size: Usually between about 16'-23' (~4.9m-7m) in the wild, with females being a bit longer and bulkier than males

Interesting Note: The word albino is in quotes above as, despite the name, Albino Burmese Pythons are not true albinos, but actually amelanistic.  This means that they lack the black skin pigment present in the more common markings of Burmese Pythons, but still retain their yellow and red pigments.  If it were a true albino, its scales would be completely white. Though mostly only present in captive-bred snakes, Burmese Pythons have other color variants, too, in more khaki-green and caramel tones - with the rarest being the blue-eyed, white-scaled leucistic version.  

Also, as a native Floridian, I'd feel remiss to not mention this... Ball and Burmese Pythons are a pair of a majorly devastating invasive species down here.  Remember, if you do choose to keep one of these beautiful animals as a pet (..though they'd probably be best left in their natural home in the wild..), please make sure they are properly and securely contained (preferably in a really nice habitat that keeps them warm and happy!), and if, for whatever reason you're no longer able to care for them, please responsibly pass them on to another handler or wildlife service.  NEVER just release them into the wild - for both the sake of our native species, and for their own sake.  (..Sadly, Florida - especially since, in 1992, a hurricane destroyed a python zoo and breeding facility in the Everglades - has had to resort to extreme measures, such as massive yearly "python hunts", to lessen the damage they cause to native species.  Though some try to capture and relocate them, the use of lethal force (year-round as of 2020..) is authorized. : ( )

[groundpear]

🐍 I am so busy with OVERWORK (if you think that "mature" is nice, you are wrong!) that I was doubting if I still knew how to draw... well, turned out that I know! I'm not very used to depict scaly limbless puppies, so advices from danger noodle people is welcome. And: a rat drawing a nope rope? Well, people draw tigers, so we can't complain! . . . Where to find me: 🍐 deviantArt 🍐 FurAffinity 🍐 Telegram channel 🍐 Tumblr 🍐