Amethystine Python (Scrub Python)
Island giant with an amethyst glow
Conservation Threats
Agricultural Expansion
Conversion of natural habitats to farmland and ranching operations
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Agricultural Expansion Animals
Woma Python
Burrow-dwelling snake-eater of the outback
Black-headed python
Black cap. Ground hunter. Snake eater.
Jungle Carpet Python
Rainforest gold: the jungle carpet python
Boelen's python
Velvet-black python of the highlands
Savu Python
Reticulated: the island-spanning giant
Indian python
India's river-edge giant constrictor
Timor python
The Lesser Sundas' slender constrictor
Reticulated python
The net-patterned giant constrictor
Bismarck Ringed Python
Ringed hunter of the Bismarck forests
Spotted python
Spots by night, constrict by might
Children's python
Small python, big night hunter
Bredl's Python
Desert-tough, rock-smart python
Hooded Oriole
Palm-frond weaver of the Southwest
Krait
Silent stripes, serious venom.
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher
Tail-flicking, gnat-grabbing dynamo
Canada Warbler
The necklace warbler of the boreal
Red Kite
Forked tail, floating flight, comeback!
Daeodon
Not a pig-just terrifying teeth.
Troodon
Famous, brainy, and taxonomically tricky
Gargoyle Gecko
Horned head, forest-night hunter
Python
Big squeeze, bigger diversity.
Klipspringer
Tiptoe masters of Africa's cliffs
Red-Footed Tortoise
Red feet, rainforest traveler.