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The Burmese python is listed as a threatened species due to habitat loss from human settlement and hunting for the leather and pet trades. It is found in Southeast Asia but is considered invasive in Florida. It is highly adaptable to different habitats like grasslands, swamps, and woodlands. The python is an excellent swimmer able to stay submerged for 30 minutes, climbs well, and may brumate in cold seasons. It digests food over 5-6 days and has internal ears to detect vibrations, smelling being its most acute sense.

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Created by Eric Liu, Chris Chung, and Jacob Park

The Burmese python is listed as a threatened species due to habitat loss from human settlement and hunting for the leather and pet trades. It is found in Southeast Asia but is considered invasive in Florida. It is highly adaptable to different habitats like grasslands, swamps, and woodlands. The python is an excellent swimmer able to stay submerged for 30 minutes, climbs well, and may brumate in cold seasons. It digests food over 5-6 days and has internal ears to detect vibrations, smelling being its most acute sense.

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Created by Eric Liu, Chris Chung, and Jacob Park

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Pythonidae Genus: Python Species Epithet: Python bivittatus

Listed as threatened species.


Human settlement limits habitats
First to disappear is scrubland habitat

Many captured by reptile keepers and leather industries for skin color and patterns Hunted for food by many countries, especially China and U.S.

Adaptation:
Adaptable to a wide variety of habitats, such as: Grasslands, swamps, rocky foothills, open jungle, woodlands, and river valleys.

Habitat:
Found in Southeast Asia, such as: Burma,

Thailand, and Malaysia. Considered an invasive species in Florida.

Swamp

Woodland

River Valley Open Jungle

Great swimmers
Able to stay submerged underwater for up to 30 minutes

Climbs well
Prehensile tail May brumate during cold season

Skeleton of Snake

Snake Heart

In the first quarter of the snake are the trachea (yellow arrow), thyroid (T), jugular vein (blue arrow), carotid artery (red arrow) and heart (H).

Within the second quarter of the snake are the heart (H), lung (Lu), liver (Li) and esophagus (green arrow)

Python digesting a rat

1 Day After Feeding

2 Days After Feeding

Python digesting a rat

3 Days After Feeding

4 Days After Feeding

Python digesting a rat

5 Days After Feeding

6 Days After Feeding

Found in the third quarter of the snake are the liver (Li), air sac (AS), pancreas (P), gall bladder (GB) and spleen (S, yellow arrow)

Cloaca

Snake Feces

Shows the lungs respiratory portion (L), its air sac portion (AS) and the liver (Li)

Snake Lung

Found in the fourth quarter of the snake are the adrenals (A), a testis (T) and the right kidney (K)

Baby Python Hatching

Snake Brain

Spinal Cord Snake Eyes

Snake with IBD has skin lesions

Inclusion Body Disease (IBD) is a CNS disease that is increasingly found in boas and pythons.

Have internal ears


Body parts detect and send vibrations to internal ears for sound

Mute
Except can make hissing sound by pushing air through larynx

Smell is most acute sense


Smell with tongue

Gallbladder is not associated with liver Lay 12-36 eggs Eyes dont close
Close retinas when sleeping

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