πReticulated python
The reticulated python is a python species native to South and Southeast Asia. It is the world's longest snake, and the third heaviest after the green anaconda and Burmese python. It is a non-venomous constrictor and an excellent swimmer that has been reported far out at sea. It has colonized many small islands within its range. Because of its wide distribution, it is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. In several countries in its range, it is hunted for its skin, for use in traditional medicine, and for sale as pets. Due to this, it is one of the most economically important reptiles worldwide. Humans, including adults, have occasionally been killed by reticulated pythons, and several well-documented cases involve victims being swallowed wholly or partly. Most recent reported fatal predation cases have occurred in Indonesia, especially on Sulawesi and nearby islands.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 247 kg
- Body length
- 6 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 29 years
Everything we know about the Reticulated python
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass247 kgmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Body length6 mmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan29 yearsmaximum recordedReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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DietCarnivorousReptTraitsDetails βHide β
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Activity cycleCathemeralReptTraitsDetails 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 Reticulated python yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassSquamata
- βΊfamilyPythonidae
- βΊgenusMalayopython
- βΊspeciesMalayopython reticulatus
- orderLizards & snakes Β· Squamata
- infraorderSnakes Β· Serpentes
- familyPythonidae
- genusMalayopython
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- superorderLepidosauria
- orderLizards & snakes Β· Squamata
- infraorderSnakes Β· Serpentes
- familyPythonidae
- genusMalayopython
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