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Black-Headed Python

This python eats rodents, lizards, geckos, and bats.

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Australian Scrub Python

Green tree python, chondros isolated on white

This is a Coastal Carpet Python. At up to 4 meters, it is the largest subspecies of Carpet Python and is found in Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.

Like all pythons, the African Rock Python is non-venomous. It kills by constriction, ambushing and coiling around its prey.

Main threats to Indian pythons include habitat loss, collection for the pet trade and hunting for their skin which is highly valued in the leather trade.

Burmese pythons are solitary animals and only really come together to mate in the spring.

Amethystine Pythons are very good swimmers and will travel by water when it is required.

The Reticulated Python is one of the snakes very popular with expert reptile keepers.

A close-up of a Burmese python slithering on a tree.

A close-up of a Burmese python slithering on a tree.

Burmese Python hanging in a tree, waiting for prey.

Burmese Pythons Hatching

Burmese Python on white background

Burmese Python in the Everglades.

Burmese Python stretched out on grass.

The Burmese python is one of the largest snake species in the world. Its lifespan is around 20 years, but the record for the longest life was 28 years old. The Burmese python can have a girth as large as a telephone pole, and it can swallow its prey whole.

Since pythons do not close their eyes while sleeping, it is difficult to assess whether or not the snake is awake at any given moment.

Reticulated pythons are intelligent snakes that learn to recognize their people.

The exotic pet trade can be blamed for the invasion of the Burmese Python in the United States.

Ball pythons are named after their natural defensive behaviors. They tend to curl up into a ball with their head toward the center of the ball when threatened.

Pythons are the largest snake family in the world.

The reticulated python can grow to 30 feet and has been spotted mainly in southern and southwestern counties of Florida but also in Tampa and on the Georgia border.

The Burmese python is able to swallow animals as large as a deer.

Making sure all cracks are sealed on a home helps to keep snakes away.

The scaleless ball phyton is one of the most popular pet snakes in the world.

baby scaleless ball python