Python Skin
- Scientific name is python brongersmai
- Common name is short-tail python, due to it's shorter length
- Short-tail python skin has is half the length of most other python species, has more body and tapers less towards the ends
- Python skin is native to Southeast Asia
- Python skin is both farmed and wild-caught by hunters for the meat. The skin is a byproduct.
- The approximate average size and thickness of these python skins are:
- 29 cm at the center (widest point)
- 14.5 cm at the ends (narrowest point)
- 1.5 m long
- 0,6 mm thickness
- Back cut, meaning wide scales down the center
- Bleached, meaning natural diamond-shaped markings are not showing as they have been bleached out, so the skin is one solid color
- The matte finish on a python skin leaves it soft and supple
- Python skin is most commonly used for footwear, garments, handbags and interiors
- Each python skin can yield any of the following panel sizes:
- 27 cm wide x 28 cm long
- 26 cm wide x 36 cm long
- 24 cm wide x 46 cm long
- 23 cm wide x 66 cm long
- 22 cm wide x 82 cm long
- 20 cm wide x 92 cm long
- 19 cm wide x 107 cm long
- 18 cm wide x 115 cm long
- 17 cm wide x 15 cm long
- 15 cm wide x 133 cm long
- 14 cm wide x 150 cm long