Notes: I have found a number of these pythons over the years. Only Blood Python eggs are known to be larger (of snakes). Offspring: About 50-70 cm long in large eggs. Death is not due to suffocation as previously thought. This snake kills by squeezing prey until the blood pressure is so high the heart cannot beat. Venom Toxicity: Not known for dangerous venom, though all snakes are said to have venom (proteins) in their saliva. That said, these snakes very rarely prey on man. Your best chance is if you have a friend with you. If you are bitten by a large python you can easily be killed as they wrap their very strong body around you and suffocate you or raise your blood pressure to such a degree that your heart can no longer beat. They have rows of teeth – 78 by one count, and they are very strong and curved. Strikes can be 2 meters in distance and they can strike quite high – head high even. The reticulated python is quite able to defend itself and it will not hesitate to strike anything that is aggravating it. Strike is not that fast when they are big, but they have great reach! Watch out for very high strike on the upper body. Chickens of all sizes seem to be preferred, though pigs, dogs, cats, goats, frogs and other animals are taken with regularity.ĭefensive Behavior: Curl into an S for a long strike. Adult Reticulated Python – will it grow to 30 feet long?Īctive Time: Primarily active nocturnally, but can be found during daylight if disturbed, or sleeping at ground level.įood: Prefer animals related to their size. These pythons are rather common, and much more so than the other pythons. I have also found them in quite dry areas nowhere near saltwater and in residential areas as well as in floating huts on a river in the northeast.įound often during rain, it is thought they eat frogs along streams when they cannot find a large meal. Habitat: I have found them high up in trees in the mangrove above the saltwater and in the ocean near a mangrove forest. Range: All over Thailand and some other Southeast Asia countries – Burma, Malaysia in many types of habitat. This just hatched Reticulated Python was only 60 cm long at birth, and can grow to more than 8 meters long.Īppearance: Intricate design of yellow and black lines over tan background.
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