AnAge entry for Python reticulatus
Classification (HAGRID: 03178)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Squamata
Family: Pythonidae
Genus: Python
- Species
- Python reticulatus
- Common name
- Reticulated python
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 29.4 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 451
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 298ºK or 24.4ºC or 75.8ºF
- Resting metabolic rate
- 2.7349 W
- Body mass
- 32000.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.000085 W/g
References
- [0037] Gillooly et al. (2001), Effects of size and temperature on metabolic rate (PubMed)
- [0451] Frank & Kate's Web Page
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 209567
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google