Vital Statistics
- Latin Name
- Python Sebae
- Length_F
- 5,0 m
- Length_M
- 4,25 m
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Boidae
- Description
- Africa's largest snake. There is a large spearhead mark on the crown of the head; dark and light bands radiating from eye to lip. The body is grey-green/-brown, with dark-brown, black-edged bars and blotches on top.
- Class
- Reptiliaundefined
- Subspecies
- 2 races are recognized
- Distribution
- Restricted mainly to the Lowveld, reaching Kwa-Zulu Natal south coast, and extending along the Limpopo valley to Lobatse in Botswana and into the Northern Cape.
- Breeding
- The female lays 30 - 50 large, almost spherical eggs. The female coils around her clutch to protect the eggs, but does not incubate them by shivering. The young hatch in 65 - 80 days.undefined
- Diet
- Small buck, monkeys, etc. Fish, monitors and crocodiles are also eaten.
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