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The olive python is often kept as a pet and is bred in captivity. It is technically an advanced-level species due to its size, habitat requirements, and strong feeding response, requiring a terrarium of a minimum of 2.4 metres (8 ft) long, by 1 metre (3 ft) high and 1 metre (3 ft) wide.
The Papuan python is a large snake, with adults growing to an average length of 4 meters (13 ft) [6] and some specimens growing to lengths of over 5 meters (16 ft). [citation needed] However, they are not nearly as heavy-bodied as most other pythons, typically weighing only about 22.5 kilograms (50 lb). [6]
Liasis olivaceus barroni is a python [3] found in the Pilbara region of northwest Australia. They are recognised as a subspecies of Liasis olivaceus, separating the population from the olive python found to the east. It is a large snake, most often around 2.5 metres in length, although individuals may attain a larger size.
Astounding images shot in Australia show an olive python — one of the country's largest snakes — devour an entire crocodile in a muddy swamp.
"Baby" a captive Burmese python (Python bivittatus) female♀ 5.74 m (18 ft 10 in), 182.8 kg (403 lb); "Baby" was kept at Serpent Safari in Gurnee, Illinois, until her death at almost 27 years old, euthanized due to deteriorating condition caused by a tumor in 2006. Several live measurements and post mortem measurement.
This is a list of all extant genera, species, and subspecies of the snakes of the family Pythonidae, otherwise referred to as pythonids or true pythons.It follows the taxonomy currently provided by ITIS, [1] which is based on the continuing work of Roy McDiarmid [2] and has been updated with additional recently described species.
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Wilmer W. Tanner with taxidermied tiger specimen... that Wilmer Tanner (pictured with a tiger trophy), born 1909, described at least fifteen new species or genera?...that the Olive python, Australia's second largest snake, can eat prey as large as a wallaby?