One of the 7 pythons on WAnimals
Reptiles · Squamata · Pythonidae
Python bivittatus
It has not yet been assessed against the IUCN criteria.
It is one of the few snakes capable of facultative endothermy: the female generates her own heat through muscular contractions to incubate her eggs.
Weight
27 kg – 90 kg
Size
4.2 m – 5.4 m
Life expectancy
15 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sighting difficulty
Unknown
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Sources consulted: PetMD; USGS Species Profile; SeaWorld/Busch Gardens; Furry Critter Network; WorldAtlas; IUCN Global Invasive Species Database; New England Reptile Store; The Animal Facts; PMC (juvenile dispersal survival study)
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