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Reticulated
Python
Python reticulatus
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Southeastern
Asia, the Philippines, and the east Indies.
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| Habitat: |
Trees, in the
water and on land.
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| Diet: |
Warm blooded
prey; nesting birds and water fowl and small to medium mammals. At the zoo: large
mice.
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Fun Facts:
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- The reticulated python is the largest of the
true pythons, and can reach lengths of 33 feet!
- They are not
venomous, but kill their prey
by constriction (like a boa constrictor)!
- The female deposits about a hundred or more
large eggs and remains with them until they hatch!
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