Bismarck ring python
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Juvenile Bothrochilus boa , banded specimen |
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| ( Schlegel , 1837) |
The bothrochilus ( Bothrochilus boa ), even Bismarck Dwarf Python or Guinea-dwarf python is a snake art from the family of pythons .
features
The species is stocky with a short head slightly offset from the neck. There are two color variants: a monochrome brown with a light yellow underside and an orange-brown-black with striped, banded or spotted pattern. In both varieties, the head is black-brown to black with an occasional light spot behind the eye. Adult animals are darker in color than the young and reach a body length of 95 to 174 cm.
Scaling: The head has a Loreal and a pre-ocular shield , two or three post- ocular shields , a pair of prefrontal and two pairs of parietal shields . If there is an interparietal shield, it is small. The fourth to sixth of the nine to twelve supralabial shields touch the edge of the eye. Infralabial shields are 12 or 13 available. The trunk has 24 to 39 rows of scales , 245 to 267 ventral shields , 45 to 54 mostly paired sub-caudal shields and an undivided anal shield .
Distribution and way of life
The Bismarck ring python is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago , some surrounding islands and on Bougainville in northeast Papua New Guinea . The nocturnal species inhabits wet forests, swamps and open areas and lives mainly near the ground. Small mammals and lizards serve as prey. The mating takes place from December to April, the oviposition from the beginning of March to mid-July. The clutch is incubated by the female.
swell
- Ludwig Trutnau : Non-poisonous snakes, part 1 . 4th edition. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3223-0 .
Web links
- Bothrochilus boa at ITIS
- Nick's reptiles with images of the two-tone color variant
- Bothrochilus boa in The Reptile Database
- Bothrochilus boa inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Endangered Species . Posted by: Tallowin, O. & Allison, A., 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2014.