In order to study how far back venom goes, we of course had to study the extremely primative snakes, the pythons. We found, not suprisingly, that the pythons lacked any traces of venom but considering that we previously pulled cobratoxins out of ratsnakes, we couldn't rule anything out!

A young scrub python (Morelia amethistina) ~ 2 meters long. These lovelies get over 7 meters long.

Our baby green tree python (Morelia viridis). As these snakes mature they loose this flourescent colouring and attain the green scales that give them their name.

A freshly captured adult black head python (Aspiditis melanocephalus). These snakes are pythons in name only and form a distinct lineage from the true pythons.

A wild caught reticulated python (Python reticulatus) in Singapore that was not an albino but rather almost all the black was replaced by gold or silver. A stunning snake. As you can tell from my bleeding hand, the change in colour didn't affect its teeth at all!

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