Reticulated python

Reticulated python; Temporal range: Pleistocene to recent
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Pythonidae
Genus:	Malayopython
Species:	M. reticulatus
Binomial name
	Malayopython reticulatus; (Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
	List Boa reticulata ; Schneider, 1801 ; Boa rhombeata ; Schneider, 1801 ; Boa phrygia ; Shaw, 1802 ; Coluber javanicus ; Shaw, 1802 ; Python schneideri ; Merrem, 1820 ; Python reticulatus ; — Gray, 1842 ; Python reticulatus ; — Boulenger, 1893 ; Morelia reticulatus ; — Welch, 1988 ; Python reticulatus ; — Kluge, 1993 ; Broghammerus reticulatus ; — Hoser, 2004 ; Malayopython reticulatus ; — Reynolds et al., 2014 ;

The reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) is a python species native to South and Southeast Asia. It is the world's longest snake, and the third heaviest snake. It is a non-venomous constrictor and an excellent swimmer that has been reported far out at sea. It has colonized many small islands within its range. Because of its wide distribution, it is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List. In several countries in its range, it is hunted for its skin, for use in traditional medicine, and for sale as pets. Due to this, it is one of the most economically important reptiles worldwide. In very rare cases, reticulated pythons have killed and swallowed adult humans.

^ Stuart, B.L.; Thy, N.; Chan-Ard, T.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Grismer, L.; Auliya, M.; Das, I. & Wogan, G. (2018). "Broghammerus reticulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T183151A1730027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T183151A1730027.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b McDiarmid, R. W. [in French]; Campbell, J. A.; Touré, T. A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 9781893777002.
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^ Raymond T. Hoser. "The taxonomy of the snake genus Broghammerus Hoser, 2004 revisited, including the creation of a new subgenus for Broghammerus timoriensis (Peters, 1876)" (PDF). Australasian Journal of Herpetology. 16: 19–26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
^ Species Malayopython reticulatus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

[iucn-1] Stuart, B.L.; Thy, N.; Chan-Ard, T.; Nguyen, T.Q.; Grismer, L.; Auliya, M.; Das, I. & Wogan, G. (2018). "Broghammerus reticulatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T183151A1730027. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T183151A1730027.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[McD99-2] McDiarmid, R. W. [in French]; Campbell, J. A.; Touré, T. A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 9781893777002.

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[Hoser161926-4] Raymond T. Hoser. "The taxonomy of the snake genus Broghammerus Hoser, 2004 revisited, including the creation of a new subgenus for Broghammerus timoriensis (Peters, 1876)" (PDF). Australasian Journal of Herpetology. 16: 19–26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

[5] Species Malayopython reticulatus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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