arara-canindé vs Reticulated Python

Ara ararauna compared with Python reticulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arara-canindé	Reticulated Python
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Aves (ave)	Reptilia (réptil)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Squamata (Escamados)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Python (Pythons)
Species	Ara ararauna	Python reticulatus

Evolutionary Relationship

arara-canindé and Reticulated Python share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

View Phylum: Chordata

Conservation Status

arara-canindé

LC — Least Concern

Reticulated Python

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	arara-canindé	Reticulated Python
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	25 years
Average Length	—	6.0 m
Average Weight	—	75.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

arara-canindé

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

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.

arara-canindé

Uma das espécies de araras mais vistosas e amplamente mantidas em cativeiro, as araras-canindé exibem um brilhante azul-cobalto nas partes superiores contrastando com um vivo amarelo nas partes inferiores e testa verde. Habitam florestas, capoeiras e savanas do leste do Panamá pelo Venezuela, Brasil e Bolívia até o Peru e Equador. Extremamente inteligentes, vivem em casais ou pequenos bandos, alimentando-se de nozes de palmeira, sementes e frutos. Populares em avicultura há mais de 400 anos, podem viver mais de 80 anos em cativeiro.