Reticulated Python vs cigarrinha-do-campo

Python reticulatus compared with Ammodramus aurifrons

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Reticulated Python cigarrinha-do-campo
Kingdom same Animalia (Animals) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same Chordata (cordados) Chordata (cordados)
Class Reptilia (réptil) Aves (ave)
Order Squamata (Escamados) Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family Pythonidae (Pythons) Passerellidae
Genus Python (Pythons) Ammodramus
Species Python reticulatus Ammodramus aurifrons

Evolutionary Relationship

Reticulated Python and cigarrinha-do-campo share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (cordados)

Conservation Status

Reticulated Python

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

cigarrinha-do-campo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Reticulated Python cigarrinha-do-campo
Diet Carnivore
Average Lifespan 25 years
Average Length 6.0 m
Average Weight 75.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic 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.

cigarrinha-do-campo

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Reticulated Python

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

cigarrinha-do-campo

O pardal-de-sobrancelha-amarela (Ammodramus aurifrons) está classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da IUCN. É um pequeno passeriforme que habita pastagens, prados e arrozais das bacias Amazônica e do Orinoco na América do Sul, com ampla distribuição e população estável.

Nature FYI Family

Explore more of the natural world across our sister sites.

Part of the Nature FYI family — FYIPedia