Blood+Python

//Python curtus//



The blood python known as the //Python curtus//, its scientific name. It can grow up to 96 inches. This snake is endangered because of its precious skin. It spends most of its time underwater and has a diet of small mammal such as rats, birds, and others. Its head is long and broad. And weighs up to 45 pounds. This kills their pray by suffocating it.

The classification of the Blood Python is a reptile. This reptile has dry scales, imparticularly light orange, Dark red or even a black color. They are cold blooded and lay leathery like eggs. Like them, their babies are also cold blooded.

The blood python’s scientific name is //Python curtus//. Living in its natural habitat, the blood python spends most of its life underwater. Blood pythons are very vicious unless trained by a breeder. The blood pythons are now endangered due to their skin. It is used quite often in the leather markets. “Da, da, da it’s name is the blood python. It lives in Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo. But don’t expect to find one, because it’s endangered! But it still can weigh more than 45 pounds. Oh no did you know that females are even bigger!”

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