Chalarm hang-daab vs Reticulated Python

Alopias pelagicus compared with Python reticulatus

Key Differences

• Chalarm hang-daab is Endangered while Reticulated Python is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chalarm hang-daab	Reticulated Python
Kingdom same	Animalia (สัตว์)	Animalia (สัตว์)
Phylum same	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)	Chordata (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)
Class	Chondrichthyes (ปลากระดูกอ่อน)	Reptilia (สัตว์เลื้อยคลาน)
Order	Lamniformes (อันดับปลาฉลามขาว)	Squamata (อันดับกิ้งก่าและงู)
Family	Alopiidae	Pythonidae (Pythons)
Genus	Alopias	Python (Pythons)
Species	Alopias pelagicus	Python reticulatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chalarm hang-daab and Reticulated Python share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (สัตว์มีแกนสันหลัง)

Conservation Status

Chalarm hang-daab

EN — Endangered

Reticulated Python

LC — Least Concern

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chalarm hang-daab	Reticulated Python
Diet	—	Carnivore
Average Lifespan	—	25 years
Average Length	—	6.0 m
Average Weight	—	75.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chalarm hang-daab

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.

Chalarm hang-daab

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.

Reticulated Python

The reticulated python is the world's longest snake and one of the heaviest. They kill prey by constriction.