Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico vs Reticulated Python

Alopias pelagicus compared with Python reticulatus

Key Differences

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico is Endangered while Reticulated Python is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico	Reticulated Python
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fish)	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Lamniformes (Mackerel Sharks)	Squamata (Escamados)
Family	Alopiidae	Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus	Alopias	Python (Pythons)
Species	Alopias pelagicus	Python reticulatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico and Reticulated Python share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

EN — Endangered

Reticulated Python

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico	Reticulated Python
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	25 years
Average Length	—	6.0 m
Average Weight	—	75.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

Habitat

Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.

Range

Distributed across Colombia and Taiwan. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Reticulated Python

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand.

Tubarão-raposo-do-Indico

The Bigeye thresher (Alopias pelagicus) is a species in the genus Alopias. It is currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in marine environments from coastal waters to deep ocean.