#python bivittatus

[thlpp]

If Silly Sleeping was an Olympic discipline, Sunny would win the gold.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Researchers compared reticulated pythons (Malayopython reticulatus), pictured, and Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) farmed at commercial python farms in Thailand and Vietnam.

Image credit: Shutterstock

[purplelordstudios]

He wants to talk to you about your cars extended warranty

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Snakes are well known for their long, flexible bodies-- for which they need lots of bones! In fact, snakes have the most bones of any animal; some species may have over 1,800 bones! A lot of these are vertebrae, of which an individual may have between 100-600 depending on the species.

(Image: A burmese python (Python bivittatus) skeleton (right) reconstructed by researcher Becky Reichart (left), photo by Stephanie Livingston)

As a bonus, check out this video of the above skeleton's re-articulation:

[walterjenkel]

©photography by Walter Jenkel 2023 🎩🎻 Granite Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus) 🐍  WALTERJENKEL @WalterJenkel

[deepestbluesky]

hello it is time for a VERY niche post. join me for... SHL characters as SNAKES!!!!! i tried to find snakes that naturally occur in china or near china, as a terrible added parameter—there's a TON of snakes in china, but i just don't know many so it's terrible bc it added a lot of work for me lol. but i've learned things! and found some cool snakes! so! let's go. pictures of snakes ahead, if that's not your thing, feel free to peace out.

Wen Kexing - Sinomicrurus macclellandi a coral snake! just a nice boy you know? just a nice, extremely venemous boy with dramatic red coloration. shamless plug for my fic where wkx turns into This Snake.

Zhou Zishu - Bungarus multicinctus look at this lovely unassuming snake. got some goth-y drama but overall not too bad, right? one of the most venomous land snakes in the world 😌 (also. he and wkx match but like in a complimentary way.)

Zhang Chengling - Pareas margaritophorus the first thing wikipedia says about this snake is that it is small and harmless. for the first time so far, i am not trying to mislead you. just a little snek boi!!!!!! cute!!!!!! I Want To Hold And Protect Him

Gu Xiang - Fowlea piscator look i'm gonna be honest. there are not a lot of snakes that are even REMOTELY purple but this one has a little purple whip tongue! also, not venemous but (if it's anything like water snakes in the US) kind of an asshole. apparently pretends to be a cobra. look at her go.

Cao Weining - Coelognathus radiatus this snake has no thoughts in its head. look at it. i don't mean as a species i mean This One. That's cwn. just sitting there doing a blep. no venom, apparently a defensive sort of dude. cool colors tho!

Luo Fumeng - Calliophis bivirgatus a different kind of coral snake! i've gone a bit further outside of china for this one but LOOK at how gorgeous it is. how could i not let lfm be this glamorous. also i like the idea that she's a different genus of snake than wkx but still a (venemous) coral snake.

Liu Qianqiao - Elaphe taeniura gonna be honest here, the common name of this snake in english is the beauty snake (or ratsnake), so i didn't think too much farther. there's a ton of different color morphs of it. look at it, the elegance! she's beauty she's grace she'll constrict you (if you are a small mammal)!

Xie Wang - Bungarus fasciatus this is a different krait! zzs has MANY bands, xw just has bands. a little brighter colored and more extra than zzs, sliiiightly less deadly, still can very definitely kill you. LOOK at that warning coloration. if i was to pick two characters to DEFINITELY have warning coloration, it WOULD be wkx and xw.

Du Pusa - Euprepiophis mandarinus this is NOT my best work, but i just thought this snake was really pretty and so i was determined to include it somehow. hence: dps. they are ~secretive~ apparently. also. again. Look At It

Ye Baiyi - Python bivittatus BIG BOY!!!! ALMOST THE BIGGEST BOY!!!!! does occur in white color morphs in captivity (and like, i guess presumably in the wild? at one point? but i have to imagine that's like. not so much a thing anymore.) also, did i pick the picture that looks the most like a cryptid? of course i did, it's yby. he doesn't want his picture taken. he doesn't want you to know he exists even. leave him alone. where he belongs in his natural habitat.

Han Ying - Lycodon septentrionalis a shiny pretty boy. a shiny pretty boy who looks very much like a many-banded krait, in fact. however, they're not venemous. hy just looks like zzs. again: LOOK AT THIS GOOD SNEK.

Jing Beiyuan - Ahaetulla prasina several things here. one, this is an elegant but strange boy (i don't think this shows just how weird this guy's nose looks. it's like someone took a snake's nose and used pliers to stretch it out all pointy). two, FASHION!!! look at those pattens!!!!! a striking example. and three, it looks kind of like wu xi's snakeclet

Wu Xi - Naja atra he's a cobra. i think this speaks for itself.

[lakan-olivares]

If Looks Could Kill

June 2024 Barangay Biasong, Talisay, Cebú Province Burmese python (Python bivittatus)

[itsnothingbutluck]

…"Trăn có thể nhịn ăn trong vài tháng mà không mất nhiều khối lượng cơ thể. Điều này khiến ch��ng trở nên lý tưởng để nuôi trong điều kiện nguồn cung cấp thức ăn và nước uống không được đảm bảo".

Bằng việc nghiên cứu 2 loài trăn phổ biến ở Thái Lan và Việt Nam, có tên khoa học lần lượt là Malayopython reticulatus và Python bivittatus, các nhà nghiên cứu phát hiện rằng tỷ lệ thức ăn tiêu thụ của trăn so với lượng thịt sản xuất ra thấp hơn nhiều so với các loài được nuôi để lấy thịt khác.

Cụ thể, tỷ lệ này ở trăn đạt 1.2, so với 1.5 đối với cá hồi, 2.8 đối với thịt gia cầm, 6.0 đối với thịt lợn và 10.0 đối với thịt bò. Trong đó, tỷ lệ thấp hơn có nghĩa là hiệu quả cao hơn.Nói cách khác nếu nuôi trăn, người chăn nuôi có thể đạt lợi nhuận cao hơn, với một chi phí thấp hơn dành cho số tiền mua thức ăn.

"Việc nhân giống và nuôi trăn trong các cơ sở nuôi nhốt để lấy thịt hoặc kinh doanh là hoàn toàn khả thi về mặt sinh học và kinh tế", các nhà nghiên cứu của dự án cho biết…

[reptiphoric]

HERE SHE IS!!

Everyone meet Locus, my first Burmese python and first "giant" period!! She's a 2019 female green het granite 66% ph albino. She seems smaller than I'd expect for being nearly a yearling (if the seller posted the correct info on MM, her hatchday is July 6th), but her overall body tone looks good and she seems healthy upon first impressions. Only thing that worries me is this little mark up near her neck;

No idea what it is. Almost looks like she could have been bit by a mouse or something, but she's supposed to be eating F/T prey. I'll be asking the seller about it here shortly.

And damn is this little girl chatty! I know burms are noisy, but Locus sounded like a tea kettle with how much she was hissing when I pulled her bag out of the box! No bites or strikes though.

I'm gonna be miserable keeping my hands off for the next week while she settles in. What a gorgeous snake, my poor camera phone just can't do her justice!

[pythox]

Pet Shop Boys (+ friendly Burmese Python) in their music video “King’s Cross”.

[thlpp]

We moved! Still unpacking and putting final touches on the house

Sunny is helping with painting.*

*) This was a fresh, never used roller sleeve, and I gently encouraged Sunny to let go after he'd mistakenly grabbed it. Everyone came away unscathed, if somewhat confused.

[dendroica]

A Burmese python in the grass at Everglades Holiday Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Along with the venomous lionfish, the Burmese python is perhaps the least welcome invasive species in the state; lacking any natural predators, it has happily chomped its way through Florida’s wildlife.

Photograph: Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images

(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)

[lovingexotics]

Burmese Python Python bivittatus Source: Here

[mister-hisser]

I swear she gets better every shed. Lily is the definition of a “glow up”. 

[goliathsplopspot]

Sniffing the hand that feeds.

I haven’t posted much of Her Exalted Excessiveness, Queen of the Blue Bedroom,Grandmaster Hissybutt, Lady of Ginormous Poo, Gracie in quite some time, but here she is while my husband was cleaning her cage and she decided to bless him with a flicking of the royal tongue and an opportunity for a booping of the royal snoot.

[lakan-olivares]

Circle in a Spiral

June 2024 Barangay Biasong, Talisay, Cebú Province Burmese python (Python bivittatus)