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Blood Python
scientific name: Python curtus
| Cites status: | Cites Appendix II, obligation to keep records and to register! |
| Geographical Extension: | Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo |
| Habitat: | tropical lowlands, close to bodies of water, swampy area, dusk to night active |
| Size: | approx. 180 cm |
| Life Expectancy: | over 20 years |
| Reproduction: | lays approx. 25 eggs, incubation period at 29-31°C approximately 70 days. |
| Temperature: | ground temperature 26-28°C, locally up to 33°C. Night time temperature drop to 24°C. |
| Humidity: | 80-100% |
| Lighting: | Daylight fluorescent tubes e.g. "Sorry Link missing" or "Sorry Link missing" |
| Substrate: | loose, absorptive substrate (see "Sorry Link missing"). More cage substrate should be used for filling as this species likes it to dig itself in. |
| Cage Furniture: | climbing facilities not essential, various hiding places and a large water bowl make up the basic configuration. |
| Terrarium Size (for long term care): | 2x1x1 m (LxWxH) |
| food: | large rats and other rodents, quails |
| Comment: | The Blood Python is a docile animal to conspecifics, as a rule several of them can be tended together in a roomy terrarium without problems. |