AnAge entry for Python regius
Classification (HAGRID: 03177)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia (Taxon entry)
Order: Squamata
Family: Pythonidae
Genus: Python
- Species
- Python regius
- Common name
- Ball python
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 47.5 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 451
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,825 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,825 days
- Incubation
- 77 days
- Clutch size
- 7 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 634784
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 51751
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google