πBurmese python
The Burmese python is one of the largest species of snakes. It is native to a large area of Southeast Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Until 2009, it was considered a subspecies of the Indian python, but is now recognized as a distinct species. It is an invasive species in Florida as a result of the pet trade.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2012.
- Body mass
- 198 kg
- Body length
- 5 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 28 years
Everything we know about the Burmese python
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass198 kgmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Body length5 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan28 yearsmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Activity cycleNocturnalReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Foraging modeAMBReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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VenomousNoReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Burmese python yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassSquamata
- βΊfamilyPythonidae
- βΊgenusPython
- βΊspeciesPython bivittatus
- orderLizards & snakes Β· Squamata
- infraorderSnakes Β· Serpentes
- familyPythonidae
- genusPython
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes Β· Squamata
- infraorderSnakes Β· Serpentes
- familyPythonidae
- genusPython
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