Citron Reticulated Python

I know that many of us die hard fish keepers also have a vested interest in other aspects of the greater "animal hobby", and I am no exception. In all honesty, I've been keeping various invertebrates, reptiles and amphibians longer than I have fish!

I figured some of you guys and gals would like to see my most recent addition to the family. It is a male Citron retic, captive bred and born by Jay Brewer at Prehistoric Pets. He is an absolute stunner with amazing contrast! I can't wait to watch this little guy grow into a lovable 15'+ benevolent ambassador to the hobby.

Meet Kaa (Jungle Book, anyone?!)

Aw3s0m3 said:

Beautiful citron! I just bought my gf a female citron for Xmas. You have any other retic's and what are your future plans? I'm assuming you want to breed because citrons are extremely hard to tell from normals.

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This is my first and only retic. I'm pretty content at this point with just one massive snake! I may get a female at some point, but space is currently at a premium. He is currently living in a Iris CB-70 tub, but as soon as he outgrows it, will be getting a Vision model# V632 as his forever home.

Its funny you mention how similar citrons (the visual het for the titanium gene, for all you retic noobs out there) look to the standard wild morph, as that's precisely why I got him! I'm generally not a big fan of all the various paint jobs, and think a wild type retic is one of the most stunningly colored/patterned herps there is. As a fan of the wild look, I went with a citron as they are, in essence, a pristine example of what a perfect wild specimen would look like. None of the colors or patterns have been muddled with, it just gives them very sharp contrast. A "text book" example, if you will.

I specifically chose my individual (out of several) due to his strong, well defined patterning. In my humble opinion, this is what every retic wishes it could look like

No idea why my phone is uploading the pics sideways...