Snakes require specific care and commitment, making them suitable only for dedicated owners. Popular pet snake families include Boidae, Pythonidae, and Colubridae, with species like Ball Python, ...

Hepatozoon ayorgbor n. sp. is described from specimens of Python regius imported from Ghana. Gametocytes were found in the peripheral blood of 43 of 55 snakes examined. Localization of gametocytes was ...

Residents of downtown Los Angeles were recently shocked to discover a gigantic 20-foot python in a dumpster near an apartment complex. Locals originally thought the snake was fake, but further ...

Australia is home to the amethystine python. It is also known as scrub python. This non-venomous snake is among the largest pythons. It thrives in rainforests, savannas, and near human habitats. The ...

Unusually among reptiles, Australian carpet pythons (Morelia spilota) display substantial geographic variation in mating systems and sexual size dimorphism. We studied a population of the ...