Reticulated Python

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SCIENTIFIC NAME Python reticulatus

RANGE Southeast Asia: Nicobar Islands, Burma through Indochina, and Borneo, Sulawesi, Ceram and Timor

STATUS IN THE WILD Not Evaluated

LOCATION IN THE ZOO Reptile and Amphibian House

COOL ANIMAL FACT Mother snakes coil around their eggs and “shiver” with muscle contractions that generate body heat and warm up the eggs. Mothers also defend their eggs against predators.

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Reptile & Amphibian House