The tail of the male ball python is generally thicker and fatter than that of a female. For the male, there is a bulge right after the cloaca, which is where the snake’s hemipenes are located.

The program has produced the largest Burmese male python captured in the world, the largest female Burmese python in Florida, and has documented some as the furthest offshore.

Ball pythons, native to sub-Saharan Africa, ... Breeding typically occurs from mid-September to mid-November, after which the female lays 3 to 11 eggs.

A large Burmese python mating ball discovered in the Everglades containing one female and five males. ... (4 m) female. In total, they captured 11 pythons with a combined weight of more than 500 ...