0 a very large snake that kills animals for food by wrapping itself around them and crushing them
1 a very large snake that kills animals for food by wrapping itself around them and crushing them
Seasonal differences in body condition of water pythons mirrored the results for feeding rates.
The terrariums for pythons and varans had a water tank and a substratum consisting of small pieces of clusterpine bark.
We supplemented observational data on encounter rates of water pythons with information from captures during earlier years of the study (1989-1994).
The apparent lack of seasonality in feeding rates of male pythons appears to be a reflection of anorexia associated with dry-season breeding (see below).
Caimans and pythons were kept 1 to a terrarium, whereas varans and turtles were kept 2 to a terrarium.
In contrast, the highest encounter rate of pythons (late dry season) coincides with peak rat numbers.
Silver spoons and snake sizes: prey availability early in life influences long-term growth rates of free-ranging pythons.
Water pythons captured on the floodplain during the wet season are shown as open triangles.
