Reticulated Python

Reticulated Python
Malayopython reticulatus / Reticulated Python

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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
  • Netzpython
    Least concern
    Least concern
  • Near threatened
  • Vulnerable
  • Endangered
  • Critically endangered
  • Extinct in the wild
  • Extinct

Did you know?

Reticulated pythons are nocturnal.

Reticulated Python

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