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Burmese Python (13), NPSPhoto, R. Cammauf (9101584016)🐍

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SpeciesPythonidae
Reptiles

🐍Burmese python

Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820

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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Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2012.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
198 kg
Body length
5 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
28 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Burmese python

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
198 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
5 mmaximum recorded
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Maximum lifespan
28 yearsmaximum recorded
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Diet
Carnivorous
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Foraging mode
AMB
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Venomous
No
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Volume l
198 Laverage
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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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyPythonidae
  5. ›genusPython
  6. ›speciesPython bivittatus
Full lineage
  1. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  2. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  3. familyPythonidae
  4. genusPython
All 13 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  12. familyPythonidae
  13. genusPython
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蟒 (zh), Python bivittatus (de), Pyton birmański (pl), Python bivittatus (fr), Python bivittatus (es), Python molurus bivittatus (vi) … and 19 more languages
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Burmese Python (13), NPSPhoto, R. Cammauf (9101584016)A chital doe (Axis axis) nabbed by a burmese python (Python bivittatus) at Pilibhit tiger reserve
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