0 a very large snake that kills animals for food by wrapping itself around them and crushing them -- 蚺,巨蟒
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.