Our Resident Ball Pythons

          Hiss

                  Monty

Brought to the Sharon Audubon Center:  August 1998

History:  Both Hiss and Monty were given to the Audubon Center for use in education programs.  They were both pets who had quickly outgrown their housing facilities and could not be cared for properly. Because they are our biggest snakes at the Center, they are a big hit during our Reptile programs.  Hiss is our smaller male and Monty is the larger female.

Ball Python

(Python regius)

Did You Know?

Ball Pythons are also known as Royal Pythons because Cleopatra supposedly wore them around her wrists!

Description: The Ball Python is a relatively small, ground dwelling, non-venomous snake. They are typically brown and black in color, with a tan-yellow underbelly.

Length: 3-6 feet, Females are generally longer than males

Life Span: In captivity they generally live 20-30 years though some have been known to live for as long as 40 years.

Habitat: Savannahs and rain forests

Range: Native to Western Africa

Diet: Ball Pythons are constrictors that eat a wide variety of prey in the wild including lizards, amphibians, birds and small mammals.