Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) is one of the largest snake species in the world, native to Southeast Asia. It has a robust body with distinctive dark brown blotches bordered in black along a lighter tan background. These snakes are powerful constrictors that subdue prey by coiling around and suffocating them. They inhabit forests, marshes, and grasslands, often near water, and are excellent swimmers capable of remaining submerged for extended periods.
Burmese Python
Python bivittatus
🐍 Non-venomous
Description
Venomous?
No, the Burmese Python is non-venomous. It kills its prey by constriction rather than venom.
A Danger to Humans?
Generally not aggressive toward humans, but due to their large size and strength, they can be dangerous if handled carelessly or provoked. Most encounters are non-threatening if the snake is left undisturbed.
Population Size
Stable
Life Span
-
WEIGHT
30.5 g
LENGTH
Reaches 7 meters
Aq
Aquatic
Ar
Arboreal
Ca
Carnivore
No
Nocturnal
Te
Terrestrial
Classification
KINGDOM
:
Animalia
PHYLUM
:
Chordata
CLASS
:
Reptilia
ORDER
:
Squamata
FAMILY
:
Pythonidae
GENUS
:
Python
SPECIES
:
Python bivittatus
Distribution
In Bali live on savannah and monsoon forest and around Bali Barat National Park, and the area around the town of Gilimanuk, including backyards. Suitable savannah habitat extends as far east as Pura Melanting Buleleng. Elsewhere in its range known from various forest types, including rain forest, up to 900 m asl.
Geography
Continents : Asia
Country : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, southeast Asia to Thailand north of The Kra Isthmus, sout-eastern China, east Java, Bali, Sulawesi and Sumbawa.
Habits and Lifestyle
Generally activity on the ground and / or in water, but these snakes often climb trees to hunt or sunbathe. Around Gilimanuk, he often preys on native chickens. According to residents, pythons are almost never seen during the dry season and are most often found moving around at night after heavy rains.
Lifestyle
Terrestrial, Arboreal and Aquatic
Biome
Tropical Forest
Climate Zone
Tropical
Diet and Nutrition
Burmese python is carnivores, they eat on medium and large mammals (including livestock), birds, and large reptiles such as monitor lizards.
Diet : Carnivores
Mating Habits
This species reproduces by laying eggs, the female can produce 30-60 eggs, which are placed in rock caves or large tree holes. the eggs will hatch after being incubated for 60 – 80 days. The female incubates the eggs by wrapping herself around them. this species is known as parthenogenetic reproduction
Reproduction session : –
Incubation periods : 60 – 80 days
Independent age : at birth
Baby name : –
Baby carrying : 30 – 60 eggs
Population
Population status : Vulnerable
NE
DD
LC
NT
VU
EN
CR
EW
EX
Population threats
This species is under threat due to illegal trade; in China it has been heavily impacted by overexploitation for food and skins, the latter for use both in leather and in traditional musical instruments such as Erheen, Sanxian and hand drums (CITES 2011) and Vietnamese populations are under pressure from a combination of use in food and leather production, export to supply the pet trade, and consumption in snake wine. Similar pressures are presumed to account for the rarity of this species throughout the remainder of its range, for which no quantitative data is available.
Population number
This snake is conservatively estimated to have declined by at least 30% over the past ten years across its global range as a result of over-harvesting for a variety of uses, to some extent compounded by the effects of habitat loss, and with the drivers of this decline not having ceased. It is therefore listed as Vulnerable.