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Burmese Python
Python bivittatus
37.2242, -95.7083
Field Notes
Description:
Another resident here at the Ralph Mitchell Zoo, a male Burmese python. Originally I thought these guys where endangered, turns out they're just Vulnerable. Which is still a borderline case, save the phythons!
Habitat:
Burmese pythons are found throughout Southern- and Southeast Asia, including Eastern India, Nepal, western Bhutan, southeastern Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, northern continental Malaysia, far southern China, and are even an invasive species here in the States as they've been reported in Florida.
Notes:
This particular python shares its home with a female (an albino no less), and the two have made eggs, which I had originally assumed was for conservation, and might still be. Or perhaps they where taken to some sort of hatchery to either go to the wild or other zoo programs, I'll have to ask next time I see one of the keepers.
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