MyReticulated Python

The natural diet of the reticulated python includes warm-blooded prey; mostly mammals and occasionally birds. Small pythons (up to 10-12 feet long) eat mainly small rodents like rats. Larger pythons eat prey such as Viverridae (e.g. civets and binturongs) and sometimes primates and pigs.
Reticulated pythons are also found in cities like Bangkok and Singapore—there they [...]

If you’re serious about owning a reticulated python, it’s imperative that you have the right equipment. The reticulated python makes a unique and fascinating pet, but only if you know what you are doing. As mentioned in other articles on this site, this species of snake can grow up to 33 feet long–imagine having that [...]

Name: Reticulated python
Scientific Name: Python reticulatus
Also Known As: Retic
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Python
Species: Python reticulates
The word “reticulated” refers to the skin pattern of the snake–large splotches of one color, with relatively thin lines of another color that surround the splotches. Another animal, the reticulated giraffe, has a similar color pattern.
The reticulated [...]

Geography
The reticulated python native to coastal Southeast Asia, had the largest range of any python species—from the Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore, east through Indonesia and the Indo-Australian Archipelago (Sumatra, the Mentawai Islands, the Natuna Islands, Borneo, Sulawesi, Java, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Timor, Maluku, Tanimbar Islands) and the [...]

Every wondered whether the reticulated python or anaconda was better? Here’s an interesting opinion from Kevin at wongside.com:
By golly! Look at these beauties! Whoohoo! Thanks Irwin, we’ll take it from here. This is the battle between the king of the snakes. I mean, people fear snakes no matter if they are even one foot long [...]

The scientific name for the reticulated python is “Python reticulatus.” Other common names include the regal python and Asiatic reticulated python.
Like many other reptiles, the reticulated python is born with unusual colors and complex geometric patterns on its scales. Due to hybridization in captivity, there are wide variations within the species. A few examples of [...]

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Reticulated Python/Anaconda Comparison (YouTube)
“The Reticulated Python and the Anaconda are the two largest snakes. The Anaconda is more massive and heavy while the Reticulated Python is longer ans faster. The thing that truly sets them apart is behavior.”

Kid Rides Giant Python (YouTube)
“A small boy in Cambodia has made friends with a 5 meter-long Burmese python. [...]

Need more information on the reticulated python?
These links will hopefully help you out!
exoticpets.About.com: good information on what to expect when owning a reticulated python
Associated Content: explores the question, Is owning a snake right for you?
Wikipedia: comprehensive information on the reticulated python and its behavior, habitat and feeding schedule
Answers.com: information from their animal encyclopedia; good resource