This morph is responsible for a rekindled interest in reticulated pythons that has been building over the past decade. A very pretty pattern with soft yellow color and dorsal striping, this mutation was first proven in 1993. When Tiger retics surfaced a few people took notice and attempted to breed them; as they produced first generation babies they simultaneously produced some sweet, gentle captives. Tigers mark the first designer reticulated python bred in captivity. They are generally quite tractable animals that are the visible heterozygous mutation of the Super Tiger retic. When bred to a normal phase retic 50% of the offspring are visible Tigers. Contrary to what some people say they can grow to be quite large; our largest is now over 20' and has a lot more growing to do. Striped and lace pattern variations are available within this mutation, and these animals are typically priced according to appearance. We have bred the Tiger strain into our Calico strain; the future looks very good for some new, unique pythons involving the Tiger gene.