MyReticulated Python

Basic Reticulated Python Information

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 [...]

Continue reading...

Geography and Habitat of the Reticulated Python

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 [...]

Continue reading...

Types of Reticulated Pythons

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 [...]

Continue reading...