Burmese python

Python bivittatus · Pythonidae

The Burmese python is one of the largest species of snakes. It is native to a large area of Southeast Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Until 2009, it was considered a subspecies of the Indian python, but is now recognized as a distinct species.

Where the Burmese python lives

Recorded in Hong Kong, China, Thailand and India (North America and Asia).

Introduced, not native, in United States of America.

Most records fall in Florida, Guangdong, Yuen Long, North, Assam and Hainan.

See the Burmese python’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Vulnerable (VU). At risk: it could become endangered. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 2,289 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.