Python reticulatus
Reticulated Python
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Pythonidae
Genus
Python
Species
Python reticulatus
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 695 cm (Length of specimen)
Weight
- Up to 75 kg
Synonyms
Interesting facts
- They are the world's longest snakes and longest reptile, but are not the most heavily built. (Wikipedia)
- Excellent swimmers, they have been reported far out at sea and have colonised many small islands within their range. (Wikipedia)
Distribution and habitat preferences
They are found in Southeast Asia from the Nicobar Islands, northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore, east through Indonesia and the Indo-Australian Archipelago and the Philippines.
It lives in rain forests, woodlands, and nearby grasslands. It is also associated with rivers and is found in areas with nearby streams and lakes. (Wikipedia)
Diet
Their natural diet includes mammals and occasionally birds. Small specimens up to 3–4 m long eat mainly rodents such as rats, whereas larger individuals switch to prey such as Viverridae (e.g. civets and binturongs), and even primates and pigs.
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Danger
- rarely fatal - Constriction attacks on humans are rare, but this species has been responsible for several human fatalities, in both the wild and captivity. They are among the few snakes that have been suggested to prey on humans. However, there are no authenticated cases of a snake species consuming human beings. (Wikipedia)