Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Blood Python (Python curtus)



The blood python lives in the swamps,plains, and low forest hills of Malaysia, Sumatra,and Borneo.Its coloration is a rosy red with black splotches. It spends half its life in the water hunting its prey birds,rodent and other small mammals.It usually grows to 78in but has record lengths of 96in. The blood python weighs around 45lbs, and has a nasty temper.