Burmese python
Python bivittatus
VulnerableReptilecarnivore
The Burmese python is a thick-bodied snake that can grow longer than a car. It naturally lives across Southeast Asia but has also settled in Florida after escaping or being released from captivity. Unlike many snakes, it squeezes its prey instead of using venom.
- Scientists only recognized it as a separate species from the Indian python in 2009.
- Its Florida population started from pet snakes that got loose.
- Despite its size, it's harmless to humans unless provoked.
RainforestWetlandAsiaNorth America
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- Classification
- Reptile
- Scientific name
- Python bivittatus
- Habitat
- Rainforest, Wetland
- Regions in this directory
- Asia, North America
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- giant
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable (VU)
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