9' diamond pythons here are rare, but I suspect is because everyone is trying to cross them over to jaguar carpets to make 50%-50% diamond pythons/jaguar coastal carpets, then breed them to become 66% diamond/jaguar coastal until it is almost pure diamond jaguar (but never pure anyway.) So all virtually all the females here are bred before they achieve their true length. It's sad because properly grown specimen have bigger clutches and breed fertile until the day they die; but all the ones bred too young or too fast are only good for a few years.
At least that's the trend happening with the jungle jaguar crosses and Irian Jaya jaugar.
