Photo of a Burmese Python (Python bivittatus)
Photo: nowcolorado, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Python
Family
Pythonidae
Genus
Python
Continents
Asia
Countries
11
How common
Common
Invasive in
Florida Everglades

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About

Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) is a non-venomous python of the family Pythonidae, found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India and 6 more. It has also been introduced outside its native range (Florida Everglades), where it is invasive. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical montane forest, montane rainforest and 38 more. Common: recorded in 435 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native rangeIntroduced / invasive

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

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