Last call for data for Pythons of the World Volume 4!
UPDATED DATA SHEET AND CALL FOR DATA FOR THE "BLOOD PYTHON BOOK"
Our first preliminary deadline for submitting DATA will be January 10, 2025!!! That is in 8 weeks!!!
We have finished preparing all our DATA for the book so we are ready NOW for your DATA! Start sending anything you have NOW, and continue adding on as the month of June goes by!
David and Tracy Barker VPI Library:
PYTHONS OF THE WORLD IV: The Short-tail Pythons: Their History, Natural History, Care and Breeding Borneo Python Python breitensteini; Blood Python Python brongersmai; Sumatran Python Python curtus; Mon Python Python kyaiktiyo
Email all requests for EXCEL data sheets and any questions and comments regarding the data sets requested and descriptions below as well as data to Tracy at: tbarker@beecreek.net If you don't have a computer or don't want to put your data on your computer but have copies of data sheets and you want to mail those copies... send with your return address to: VPI PO Box 300 Boerne, TX 78006
If you specialize in breeding of these pythons in captivity we are looking for data! We are creating a database for these species Python brongersmai; Python breitensteini, Python curtus Please help us complete our overall compilation of information on the captive breeding of these Python species!
You do not need to complete all the data fields! If you only have dates, or clutch size, any data point is fine!
Even if you only have a single data point it will contribute to the information we need!
This is the time to get credit for all of your hard work! There will be numerous data charts and individual contributions to these charts will be acknowledged!
NAME
BUSINESS NAME
WEBSITE
PHONE
ADDRESS
SPECIES
CLUTCH NUMBER FOR FEMALE (MEANING 1ST, 2ND ETC)
INCUBATION METHOD (ARTIFICIAL/MATERNAL)
TEMPERATURE (F/C) FROM BREEDING THROUGH EGG LAYING
INCUBATION TEMPERATURE (F/C)
CLUTCH SIZE
CLUTCH WEIGHT (G)
# FERTILE EGGS IN CLUTCH
EGG WEIGHT
SINGLE EGGS (G)
GROUPS OF EGGS (# AND G TOTAL)
EGG LENGTH (MM) (LIST OF INDIVIDUAL LENGTHS)
EGG DIAMETER (MM) (LIST OF INDIVIDUAL DIAMETERS)
HATCHLING WEIGHT (G) (LIST OF INDIVIDUAL WEIGHTS)
HATCHLING LENGTH (CM) (LIST OF INDIVIDUAL LENGTHS)
FEMALE STATUS WC/ORIGIN OR CH/ORIGIN
FEMALE AGE
FEMALE WEIGHT (G)
FEMALE LENGTH (CM)
MALE STATUS WC OR CH
MALE AGE MALE WEIGHT (G)
MALE LENGTH (CM)
COPULATION DATES
PERIOD BETWEEN LAST OBSERVED COPULATION AND OVULATION
PERIOD BETWEEN OVULATION AND PRELAY SHED
PERIOD BETWEEN PRELAY SHED AND EGG DEPOSITION
PERIOD BETWEEN LAST OBSERVED COPULATION AND EGG DEPOSITION
PERIOD BETWEEN OVULATION AND EGG DEPOSITION
PERIOD BETWEEN EGG DEPOSITION AND HATCHING
CALENDAR PERIOD OF EGG DEPOSITION (EXAMPLE ALL EGGS WERE LAID JAN 3-DECEMBER 15 OF A SINGLE YEAR)
MISC NOTES ON BREEDING, MATERNAL AND ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION ETC.
GROWTH CHARTS (WEIGHT/LENGTH/SHEDS/DATES)
BEHAVIORS ???
SURELY WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THE OBVIOUS, WE AREN'T GETTING ANY YOUNGER, SO PLEASE EMAIL US WHAT THESE ARE!!
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