'Ultra-Breit' Borneo Short Tail Pythons Python breitensteini

    The 2004 - 2005 breeding season first produced some VPI line Borneo Short-Tail 'Ultra-Breit' offspring in our collection.  Our adult female deposited 21 viable eggs on 05/06/05.  On 07/06/05 the clutch began to hatch.  Ultimately, all 21 eggs hatched and of those, 8 were visually different right from the start, exhibiting the 'Ultra-Breit' trait.  Simply put, these animals look amazing in person.  The 2005 - 2006 breeding season again produced some WILD looking babies!  A clutch of 29 viable eggs was deposited on 04/19/06.  On 06/22/06 the clutch began to hatch.  Out of 29 eggs, there were 25 babies (4 dead in egg).  Of the 25, 4 are incredible examples of the 'Ultra-Breit' trait and the other 21 are very nice looking offspring.  The exact nature of the gene passing to offspring and its expression is still debatable.  It is believed at this time that the 'Ultra-Breit' trait may pass similar to that of an Ivory Blood Python or Yellow-Belly Ball Python.  Genetic co-dominance is where the ‘Ultra-Breit’ is the ‘Super’ form, some of the siblings are visual hets for the ‘Super’ form and other siblings are completely normal.  There is disagreement whether hets can be visually distinguished from normals and what traits exactly constitute a visual het.  We have begun to classify and hold back non 'Ultra-Breit' offspring based on visual markers we feel are indicative of animals to be 'Visual Het' (share all the markers the parents have), 'Possible Visual Het' (share some, but not all the markers the parents have) and 'Normal' (do not share the markers the parents have).  As far as I know, two Ultra-Breits have not been bred together, so it is unknown if an even more extreme visual example of Borneo offspring is possible.  The Short-Tail genetic 'morph' market is still VERY small compared to other markets (ex. Ball Pythons) and this is an exciting project for us to be working with.
New 'Ultra-Breit' pics taken with a very nice looking 'normal' sibling on 06/17/06
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Male 'Ultra' - A
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Female 'Ultra' - B
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Female 'Ultra' - C
(VERY camera shy; would not sit still)
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Female 'Ultra' - D
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Female 'Ultra' - E
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Female 'Ultra' - F
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Female 'Ultra' - G
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Female 'Ultra' - H
Older pics below:
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Ultra-Breit
Male Borneo - A
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Ultra-Breit
Female Borneo - B

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Ultra-Breit
Female Borneo - C

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Ultra-Breit
Female Borneo - D
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Ultra-Breit
Female Borneo - E
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Ultra-Breit
Female Borneo - F
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Ultra-Breit
Female Borneo - G
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Ultra-Breit
Female Borneo - H
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All 21 babies
from 2005
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Newborn 'Ultra vs Normal' comparison
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Another sibling comparison pic
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  Eye comparison of an 'Ultra-Breit' and
'normal' sibling