Ball Python (Python regius)
Physical Description: A Ball Python can grow 3 to 5 ft long on average. Their body is adorned with a latticework of dark stripes and lighter tan, brown and white spheres and lines adjacent to them. When stressed, a Ball Python will curl into a ball with their head hidden inside, giving them additional protection.
Habitat: The Ball Python spends much of its days on the ground, and can be found in grasslands, dry savannas, and thinly wooded areas.
Range: They can be found throughout central and western Africa in countries like Nigeria, Togo, Senegal, and Uganda.
Diet: Ball Pythons are carnivores and will eat small rodents, birds, eggs, and reptiles. They typically eat only every few weeks, a trait common among most snake species.
Life Span: They can live upwards of 30 years in human care.
Social Structure: Ball pythons are solitary organisms who come together for breeding purposes. They are oviparous, or egg layers, with females laying 6-8 eggs at a time.
Status: Near Threatened1
Other: Ball Pythons are also known as royal pythons, as stories tell of rulers long ago who would have them as a sign of status and power.
References: 1 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/177562/220378972
Habitat: The Ball Python spends much of its days on the ground, and can be found in grasslands, dry savannas, and thinly wooded areas.
Range: They can be found throughout central and western Africa in countries like Nigeria, Togo, Senegal, and Uganda.
Diet: Ball Pythons are carnivores and will eat small rodents, birds, eggs, and reptiles. They typically eat only every few weeks, a trait common among most snake species.
Life Span: They can live upwards of 30 years in human care.
Social Structure: Ball pythons are solitary organisms who come together for breeding purposes. They are oviparous, or egg layers, with females laying 6-8 eggs at a time.
Status: Near Threatened1
Other: Ball Pythons are also known as royal pythons, as stories tell of rulers long ago who would have them as a sign of status and power.
References: 1 https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/177562/220378972
