Myanmar short-tailed python (Python kyaiktiyo) Description
English: Python kyaiktiyo
Date 8 December 2013 (upload date)
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Author image credit: © Dept. Vertebrate Zoology – Amphibians & Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Photographer, G.R. Zug
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P.kyaiktiyo_II.png
Python kyaiktiyo, commonly known as the Myanmar short-tailed python, is a species of python found in Myanmar (Burma). The Myanmar short-tailed python is a non-venomous, ovoviparous constrictor that grows up to 1.83 meters in length. The specific name, kyaiktiyo, is in honor of the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, a significant Buddhist pilgrimage site in Myanmar. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Family: Pythonidae, Genus: Python, Species: Python kyaiktiyo Zug, Gotte & Jacobs, 2011.
