Reticulated Python
Malayopython reticulatus / Reticulated Python
- Habitat
- Tropical rainforests and swamps, but also agricultural land
- Continent
- Asia
- Food
- mostly medium-sized mammals and birds
- Gestation/breeding period
- 80 - 90 days
- Mode of life
- Solitary
- Class
- Reptiles
- Order
- Squamata
Key facts
~ 7 m
size
~ 100 kg
weight
~ 25 years
age
How endangered are Reticulated Pythons?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
-
Least concern Least concern - Near threatened
- Vulnerable
- Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
Reticulated pythons are nocturnal.
Reticulated Python on the zoo tour
