The tail of the male ball python is generally thicker and fatter than that of a female. For the male, there is a bulge right after the cloaca, which is where the snake’s hemipenes are located.

A 62-year-old female ball python – the oldest documented in the zoo – produced seven eggs on July 23. Not only has the snake’s age baffled zookeepers but also the fact that she hasn’t been ...

She's one of two ball pythons at the zoo. The other python snake is a 31-year-old male that isn't kept near the female snake. "It was a surprise," Wanner told CNN .

Adult female ball pythons range from 3 to 5 feet in length and adult male ball pythons are typically much smaller, at only 2 to 3 feet in size. While 5 feet is thought to be a large snake, ...

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida removed a record amount of invasive Burmese pythons from the wilderness areas this year. They found the big females by tracking males hoping to mate with them.

A St. Louis Zoo female python has laid seven eggs despite not being near a male python for at least two decades. The 62-year-old ball python, which has no name, laid the eggs on July 23, three of ...

Watch: How did this female python lay eggs without male contact in 15 years? The ball python is over 50-years old and staff at the zoo are baffled. Last updated: September 15, 2020 | 15:26.

The female ball python is believed to have laid eggs asexually in 2009, Mr. Wanner said. But they didn’t hatch, and no genetic testing was done to confirm this. Before that, she laid a clutch of ...

Ball pythons, also known as royal pythons, are among the most popular snakes used as pets. Adults average in length from 2 to 5 feet. “She was definitely a pet.

The 62-year-old ball python has not been with a male in over 15 years, according to Saint Louis Zoo. ... The female ball python is thought to the oldest snake living in a zoo.