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A brief introduction to the knowledge of the ball python

2021-04-24 / 795 Read

Ball pythons live in Central and West Africa, from Senegal to Uganda, from grasslands to woods, and are as comfortable in trees as they are on the ground. They prefer low-light environments, and at dawn and dusk, they become active. In Europe they are called Emperor Pythons and in America they are called Ball Pythons because when they get nervous they curl their bodies into a tight ball, And hide the head firmly in the center. Like many other pythons, the ball python is a gentle snake. Feeds mainly on small mammals.

Brief

Ball pythons

In breeding, ball pythons It can grow a foot per year for the first three years and become an adult individual in three to five years. On record, the longest-lived ball python lived to the age of 48. Female ball pythons lay 4 to 10 eggs at a time, and will coil them until they hatch. During the three-month incubation period, they will not leave and will not eat.

Chinese name: Ball python

Nickname: Emperor python

Binary name: Python regius

Kingdom: Animal kingdom

Department: Chordate

Subphylum: Vertebrate subphylum

Class: Reptiles

Subclass: Biporia

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Snake

Family: Python

Genus: Python

Species: Ball python

Range: West and Central Africa; lowland rainforests.

Named by, time: Shaw, 1802IUCN

Protection level: LC

English name: ball python