Python anchietae

Also known as Angolan python, Anchieta's dwarf python

species of reptile

Species

Least Concern

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassSquamata
FamilyPythonidae

Observations recorded59

via GBIF · IUCN

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taxon name: Python anchietae
Commons category: Python anchietae

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Python anchietae (with common names Angolan python and Anchieta's dwarf python) 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, and no subspecies are currently recognized. It is named after the Portuguese naturalist and explorer José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta. Like all other pythons, it is not venomous.

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