Bismarck ringed python

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Bismarck ringed python

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pythonidae
Genus: Bothrochilus
Fitzinger, 1843
Species:
B. boa
Binomial name
Bothrochilus boa
(Schlegel, 1837)
Synonyms[2]
  • Tortrix boa Schlegel, 1837
  • Nardoa Schlegelii Gray, 1842
  • Bothrochilus Boa Fitzinger, 1843
  • Nardoa boa Müller, 1882
  • Nardoa boa Boulenger, 1893
  • Nardoana boa Berg, 1901
  • Nardoa boa De Jong, 1930
  • Bothrochilus boa Loveridge, 1946
  • Liasis boa McDowell, 1975
  • Morelia boa Underwood & Stimson, 1993
  • B[othrochilus]. boa Kluge, 1993

The Bismarck ringed python (Bothrochilus boa) is a

Bothrochilus[3] found on the islands of the Bismarck Archipelago. No subspecies are recognized.[4]

Description

Adults grow to a length of 152–183 cm (4.99–6.00 ft). The color pattern consists of a series of brilliant orange and black rings in juveniles, but this fades in about a year as the snakes mature. Adults are usually a shade of brown with black rings, or a uniform blackish brown. Usually, there is a light spot behind the eye.

iridescent
.

Close up of an adult Bismarck Ringed Python.
Young BRP with its characteristic bright orange and jet-black coloration.

Distribution and habitat

Found on the

rain forests in open and/or cultivated areas,[3] and is often found in piles of coconut
husks.

Behavior

These snakes are

nocturnal and fossorial.[3]

Feeding

Their diet consists primarily of small rodents, for which they actively forage. They have been reported to enter houses and agricultural structures in search of prey. Hatchlings feed on lizards and juvenile rodents.[3]

Reproduction

Oviparous, they lay up to a dozen eggs that are generally "brooded" by the female, although this is not always the case.[3]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T196558A2459522.en
    . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^
    ISBN 1-893777-01-4
    (volume).
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-8069-6460-X
    .
  4. ^ "Bothrochilus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 September 2007.

External links

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