#1811 · 🦎 reptiles
Reticulated Python
🇳🇱 Netpython ·Malayopython reticulatus
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what is it?
The reticulated python ( Python reticulatus ) is a species of python found in Southeast Asia. They are the world's longest snakes and longest reptiles, and among the three heaviest snakes. Like all pythons, they are nonvenomous constrictors and normally not considered dangerous to humans. However, cases of people killed (and in at least one case eaten) by reticulated pythons have been documented.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,065 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Reticulated Python
- Nederlands
- Netpython
- scientific name
- Malayopython reticulatus
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Pythonidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,065
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Pythonidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 491869, Wikidata Q20745991, GBIF 9260388, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.