Python anchietae

Python anchietae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pythonidae
Genus: Python
Species:
P. anchietae
Binomial name
Python anchietae
Bocage, 1887
Synonyms[2]
  • Python Anchietae
    Bocage, 1887
  • Python anchietæ
    — Boulenger, 1893

Python anchietae (with common names Angolan python and Anchieta's dwarf python)[3] is a python species endemic to southern Africa. According to Donald George Broadley (1990), this species is most closely related to the ball python (P. regius) of western Africa,[3] and no subspecies are currently recognized.[4] It is named after the Portuguese naturalist and explorer José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta.[5] Like all other pythons, it is not venomous.

Description

Python anchietae may grow up to 183 cm (6 ft) in total length (including tail). The color pattern is a reddish-brown to brown to almost black ground, overlaid with irregular white or cream-colored bands and spots. The belly is yellowish. A rare species seldom seen in the wild or in captivity, it is the only python to have "bead-like" head scales.[3] It has heat sensitive pits, five on each side of the head, on the upper lip. The smooth dorsal scales are arranged in 57-61 rows.[6]

Approximate distribution
Hatching twins

Distribution and habitat

Python anchietae is found in Africa in southern Angola and northern Namibia. The type locality given is "Catumbella [Catumbela]" near Lobito, Angola.[2][4] Habitats are rocky outcrops or areas strewn with rocks in open brush or grassland.[3] Diurnal, they shelter in small caves, overhangs and crevices.

Behaviour and biology

Python anchietae exhibits similar temperament to its closest cousin, the ball python. It hisses, but this is mostly bluff.[3] Diet consists of small mammals and birds.[3] P. anchietae is oviparous, with small clutches of four to five eggs being produced at a time. It is not known whether the females "incubate" their eggs as is typical for the members of this family. Hatchlings are 43–46 cm (17-18 inches) in length.[3]

Captivity

Python anchietae is rare in captivity due to the long civil war in Angola. Although the war is over, the fields and forests are covered with land mines, and few dare to risk catching them.

The specimens that have made it into captivity are highly sought after. They are often compared to their close relative, the Ball Python in terms of temperament and some of their care requirements.[7]

References

  1. ^ Baptista, N.; Becker, F.; Conradie, W.; Bauer, A.M. & Ceríaco, L.M.P. (2021). "Python anchietae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T177539A120594491. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T177539A120594491.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b McDiarmid, R.W. [in French]; Campbell, J.A.; Touré, T.A. (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. ISBN 1-893777-01-4.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Mehrtens JM (1987). Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
  4. ^ a b Python anchietae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 September 2020.
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Python anchietae, p. 8).
  6. ^ Branch, Bill (2004). Field Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Southern Africa. Third Revised edition, Second Impression. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 399 pp. (Python anchietae, p. 59 + Plate 17).
  7. ^ "Angolan Python". Reptile Range. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Python anchietae.
  • Bocage JVB (1887). "Sur un Python nouveau d'Afrique ". Jornal de sciencias mathematicas physicas e naturaes, Lisboa [12] (46): 87–88. (Python anchietae, new species). (in French).

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