arara-vermelha vs Reticulated Python

Ara chloropterus compared with Python reticulatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	arara-vermelha	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 chloropterus	Python reticulatus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

arara-vermelha

LC — Least Concern

Reticulated Python

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

arara-vermelha

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (United Arab Emirates), Europe (Norway, United Kingdom), 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-vermelha

A arara-verde-e-vermelha (Ara chloropterus) esta classificada como Menos Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da IUCN. Amplamente distribuida e abundante em sua area de ocorrencia, com populacoes estaveis e sem preocupacoes imediatas de conservacao.

Reticulated Python

A piton-reticulada (Python reticulatus) e a cobra mais comprida do mundo e uma das mais pesadas. Mata suas presas por constricao.