Reticulated python Facts for Kids
Malayopython reticulatus · muh-LAY-oh-PY-thon reh-tik-yoo-LAY-tus
One of the longest snakes in the world, with a net-like pattern.
- 🏃 speed: not yet checked
- ⚖️ 595 lb270 kg1
- 📏 30 ft9 m1 long
- 🎂 20 years20 years1
- 🍽️ meat
- Doing fine (Least Concern)
A reticulated python is a very long snake with a pattern like a net. It lives in the forests of Southeast Asia. It eats mammals and birds.
Reticulated pythons live in tropical rainforest, wetlands and forest edges in Southeast Asia and the islands nearby. They eat mammals and birds. Some have grown to be longer than a bus.
The reticulated python is one of the longest snakes in the world. It lives in tropical rainforest, wetlands and grassy forest in Southeast Asia and on the Indo-Pacific islands west of New Guinea. Its pattern looks like a net, which is what reticulated means. It eats mammals and birds. A few have grown to nine meters long.
How big is a reticulated python?
Reticulated python in numbers
| Length | 30 ft9 m1up to; some individuals have reached |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | no checked number yet |
| Weight | 595 lb270 kg1up to |
| Top speed | no checked number yet |
| How long it lives | 20 years20 years1average; in the wild |
| What it eats | mammals and birds |
| Where it lives | tropical rainforest, wetlands and forest edges in Southeast Asia |
| What kind | Reptiles |
| Is it in danger? | Doing fine (Least Concern)2 |
A number we couldn’t find on a page we trust says so, instead of guessing.
Wow!
- A reticulated python has a pattern like a net.
- It is one of the longest snakes in the world.
- It lives in rainforest and wetlands in Southeast Asia.
Compare the reticulated python
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For teachers
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Where these numbers come from
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Python reticulatus (reticulated python), checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, Reticulated python (Q20745991), checked 30 October 2026.