REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF THE WORLD - PYTHONS

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BLOOD PYTHONS
or Short Tailed Pythons
Python curtus complex
(Status of these pythons is uncertain)

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Short Tailed Python or Sumatran Red Blood Python
Python curtus (was Python curtus curtus)

Distribution:- Western Sumatra


Red Blood Python or Malaysian Blood Python
Python brongersmai (was Python curtus brongersmai)

Distribution:- Malay Peninsular (West Malaysia), Thailand, Sumatra , Bangka Island Lingga islands, Riau, and Pinang and other islands in the Straits of Malacca.

Comments:- Python brongersmai Normally grows up to approximately 2 metres (6ft) but is a very bulky snake - some sources report lengths up to 3 metres (10ft)

Borneo Short-tailed Python
Python breitensteini (was Python curtus breitensteini)
Distribution:- Borneo (Malaysia)
Pygmy Short-Tailed Python or Myanmar Python
Python kyaiktiyo (split from Python curtus brongersmai)

Distribution:- BURMA (Myanma)

Comments:- New species described in 2011 split from Python brongersmai

 

Photos below represent a selection of species in this group. If you know which species each photo is please contact me at rajohn1@adam.com.au



Malaysian Blood Python (Python brongersmai) photographed at the National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara)


Red Blood Python or Malaysian Blood Python (Python brongersmai) on display at Crocodylus Park, Darwin, NT
Red Blood Python or Malaysian Blood Python (Python brongersmai) on display at Crocodylus Park, Darwin, NT


Red Blood Python or Malaysian Blood Python (Python brongersmai) on display at Crocodylus Park, Darwin, NT
Red Blood Python or Malaysian Blood Python (Python brongersmai) on display at Crocodylus Park, Darwin, NT


Captive Blood Python (Python curtis)
Captive Blood Python Blood Python (Python curtis)

Blood Python photographed at the Gorge Wildlife Park, South Australia
Blood Python (Python curtis) photographed at the Gorge Wildlife Park, South Australia

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Captive Blood Python (Python curtis)


Malaysian Blood Python( Python brongersmai) at Reptilia Toronto, Canada (being held by John Fowler)
Malaysian Blood Python (Python brongersmai) at Reptilia Toronto, Canada (being held by John Fowler)


Malaysian Blood Python (Python curtis) photographed at the National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara)
Malaysian Blood Python (Python brongersmai) photographed at the National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara)


Captive Blood Python (Python curtis)
Captive Sumatran Short-tailed Python (Python curtis)

LINKS OF INTEREST

Python curtus SCHLEGEL, 1872
The Reptile Database

Python brongersmai STULL, 1938
The Reptile Database

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