BALL PYTHON

SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Python regius

HABITAT:  Grasslands and open forests of Sub-Saharan central Africa, from Senegal to Liberia and east through Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad to Sudan and Uganda

CONSERVATION STATUS: Least Concern
                                                   

FUN FACT: 

Ball pythons are named for their defensive behavior of coiling into a ball in order to protect the head in the center of the coils.

FIND ME IN THE ZOO:

*Ball Pythons are education animal ambassadors, their habitat is not viewable to public as they require privacy when not on program.

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