Asiatic rock python  (Python molurus)

IUCN Red List species status – Near Threatened
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Facts – Asiatic rock python

Also known as: Burmese python, tiger python
  
French: Python Molure, Python Tigre
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderSquamata
FamilyBoidae
GenusPython (1)

Status – Asiatic rock python

Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2).

Description – Asiatic rock python

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References

  1. IUCN Red List (August, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
  2. CITES (August, 2009)
    http://www.cites.org
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