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[[Image:Burmese_python_240x180_border.jpg|250px|thumb|right|'''Burmese python''' ©RVC and its licensors, Peer Zwart and Fredric Frye. All rights reserved]]

[[Image:Burmese_python_240x180_border.jpg|250px|thumb|right|'''Burmese python''' (© RVC)]]

==Introduction==  

==Introduction==  

The Burmese python (''Python molurus'') is a python (family Boidea). Their life span may be 10-15 years.  

The Burmese python (''Python molurus'') is a python [[Boidae|(family Boidae)]]. Their life span may be 10-15 years.  

==Morphology==

==Morphology==

Burmese pythons have an intricate pattern of markings of irregular brown blotches on a yellow background. The Burmese python is widely bred in captivity and comes in a number of mutant forms including albino. They can grow rapidly, attaining 2 metres in length in their first year and perhaps reaching 8 metres.  

Burmese pythons have an intricate pattern of markings of irregular brown blotches on a yellow background. The Burmese python is widely bred in captivity and comes in a number of mutant forms including albino. They can grow rapidly, attaining 2 metres in length in their first year and perhaps reaching 8 metres.  

*Humidity – A humidity of approximately 60% is preferred.  

*Humidity – A humidity of approximately 60% is preferred.  

*Diet – A variety of prey can be fed and includes mice, rats, rabbits, chickens, and guinea pigs. Feed once to twice every 10 days.  

*Diet – A variety of prey can be fed and includes mice, rats, rabbits, chickens, and guinea pigs. Feed once to twice every 10 days.  

*Reproduction – Burmese pythons are relatively easy to breed in captivity. They are oviparous and  

*Reproduction – Burmese pythons are relatively easy to breed in captivity. They are oviparous and usually lay between 30-50 eggs (up to 100 recorded). The female incubates the eggs by curling around them and "twitching" her muscles. The young are 45 to 60 cm at birth.  

usually lay between 30-50 eggs (up to 100 recorded). The female incubates the eggs by curling around them and "twitching" her muscles. The young are 45 to 60 cm at birth.  

*Veterinary considerations - Common medical problems include diseases associated with low cage temperatures such as respiratory infections and necrotic stomatitis, anorexia, obesity, and, possibly, inclusion body disease.

*Veterinary considerations - Common medical problems include diseases associated with low cage  

 

temperatures such as respiratory infections and necrotic stomatitis, anorexia and obesity.

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