The higher contrast drawing is typical of the "dwarves".

Tiger pythons are certainly among the "big dreams" that owners of boids have, especially if they have a preference for blood pythons and the fauna of southeast Asia. Unfortunately "large" is to be taken litterally in most cases and I did not want to keep snakes of 5 m length, so I've always avoided these wonderful snakes. But then the "Dwarf-Tiger-Pythons" came along. They not only have a more intensive pattern then the larger subspecies and varieties, they also stay a tolerable length of 2 m.

These animals live on a few small islands near Sulawesi and have just been described as a separate subspecies called Python molurus progschai. No wonder: character, morph, activity and climatic requirements differ sometimes a bit, sometimes significantly to the larger forms.

In my experience, the animals should be kept slightly humid and they tend to snap a little more (due to the shorter time in human hands, so far there are only up to F2-animals). Also they are much thinner and more "sporty" than P. m. bivittatus. My animals are bred by Bob Clark. At first, I was a little unsure, if that snakes really stay that short, but now I am very happy. I can confirm the size details: The animals are growing in spite of good feeding very slow while never appearing fat. Unfortunately, in the United States Albino tiger pythons allready have been crossed into the lines, so that not only the "pureness" is lost in such animals, but also the dwarfism.