Burmese python
Scientific name: Python bivittatus Kuhl, 1820
Overview
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. It is an invasive species in Florida as a result of the pet trade.
From the Wikipedia article “Burmese python”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: SE Nepal, India (Assam, Tripura, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh [A. Captain, pers. Comm.], Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland), S Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vi.
Common names
Names in other languages (7)
- Arabic
- أصلة بورمية
- Chinese
- 緬甸蟒, 蟒, 蟒蛇
- German
- Dunkler Tigerpython
- Indonesian
- Sanca bodo
- Japanese
- ビルマニシキヘビ
- Persian
- پایتون برمهای
- Russian
- Тёмный тигровый питон
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Reptile Database.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q2716137, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Burmese python”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Termininja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026