African burrowing python  (Calabaria reinhardtii)

Range

Widespread across western tropical Africa, from Sierra Leone to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1) (3).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The African burrowing python inhabits rainforest, swamp forest and overgrown plantations (2) (3) (8). As well as burrowing into decaying leaves and soil on the forest floor, and sometimes inhabiting the burrows of small mammals, it may also be found climbing among small bushes or fallen branches or sheltering inside termite nests, especially during the dry season (3) (5) (8).

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