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|name=''Python kyaiktiyo''

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Wogan, G. |author2=Chan-Ard, T. |date=2012 |title=''Python kyaiktiyo'' |volume=2012 |page=e.T199854A2614411 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T199854A2614411.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>

| genus = Python

| species = kyaiktiyo

| authority = Zug, Gotte & Jacobs, 2011

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'''''Python kyaiktiyo''''', commonly known as the '''Myanmar short-tailed python''', is a [[species]] of [[Pythonidae|python]] found in [[Burma|Myanmar]] (Burma).<ref name=USGS>{{cite web|title=Pythons in Burma: Short-tailed python|url=https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70005076|publisher=USGS Publications Warehouse}}</ref>

'''''Python kyaiktiyo''''', the '''Myanmar short-tailed python''', is a [[Pythonidae|python]] [[species]] endemic to [[Myanmar]] that is known only from the [[holotype]] collected in Yetagon Myaung at an altitude of {{convert|390|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It has been listed on the [[IUCN Red List]] as [[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] since 2012.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />

==Taxonomy==

This''Python specieskyaiktiyo'' was first [[scientific description|described]] by George R. Zug, Steve W. Gotte, and Jeremy F. Jacobs ofin the2011 based on a female [[BiologicalSpecimen Society(biology)|specimen]] ofcollected Washingtonin [[Kyaikhtiyo Wildlife Sanctuary]] in 20112002. The presence of unique traits and sufficient [[Allopatric speciation|allopatry]] indicate that it is a unique speciesdistinct from its nearest geographical counterpart, the [[Python brongersmai|blood python]].<ref>{{Cite Thejournal [[Specific|last1=Zug name|first1=G. R. (zoology)|specificlast2=Gotte name]],|first2=S. ''kyaiktiyo'',W. is|last3=Jacobs |first3=J. F. |year=2011 |title=Pythons in honorBurma: Short-tailed python (Reptilia: Squamata) |journal=Proceedings of the [[KyaiktiyoBiological Pagoda]],Society aof significantWashington Buddhist|volume=124 pilgrimage|issue=2 site|pages=112−136 in|doi=10.2988/10-34.1 Myanmar|bibcode=2011PBSW..124..112Z |s2cid=86424371 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232683390}}</ref>

==Description==

The Myanmar short-tailed python is a non-[[Venomous snake|venomous]], [[Ovoviviparity|ovoviparousovoviviparous]] [[constriction|constrictor]] that grows up to {{convert|6 feet (1.83 meters)|ft|abbr=on}} in length. In 2002, an unusual female python was found. In 2011, it was named as a new species. Since discovery, only a few specimens have been found and thus there is very little information known about its size and weight. Due to common features, the species has been grouped with the three species of the [[short-tailed python]] group. The Myanmar short-tailed python differs in the large number of ventral scales (180 or more). The captured female was {{convert|152&nbsp;|cm|abbr=on}} long and weighed {{convert|3.6&nbsp;|kg|abbr=on}}. Its body has a light brown base with rusty colored stripes and blotches on top. They are [[Scale (anatomy)|smooth-scaled]], primarily [[Terrestrial animal|terrestrial]], and possess, as do most pythons, [[Infrared sensing in snakes|facial pits]] that sense differentiations in radiant heat. Overall, they are naturally reddish -brown, with dark brown to black mottled spots running the entire length of the body.

The Myanmar short-tailed python is a non-[[Venomous snake|venomous]], [[Ovoviviparity|ovoviparous]] [[constriction|constrictor]] that grows up to 6 feet (1.83 meters) in length. In 2002, an unusual female python was found. In 2011, it was named as a new species. Since discovery, only a few specimens have been found and thus there is very little information known about its size and weight. Due to common features, the species has been grouped with the three species of the [[short-tailed python]] group. The Myanmar short-tailed python differs in the large number of ventral scales (180 or more). The captured female was 152&nbsp;cm long and weighed 3.6&nbsp;kg. Its body has a light brown base with rusty colored stripes and blotches on top. They are [[Scale (anatomy)|smooth-scaled]], primarily [[Terrestrial animal|terrestrial]], and possess, as do most pythons, [[Infrared sensing in snakes|facial pits]] that sense differentiations in radiant heat. Overall, they are naturally reddish brown, with dark brown to black mottled spots running the entire length of the body.

==Distribution and habitat==

''P.Python kyaiktiyo'' is thought to be endemic to theMyanmar's Tenghyo Range in [[Mon State]], of Myanmarthough andit has been observed rarely in the region.<ref Asname="iucn astatus result,19 theNovember species2021" has been placed on the IUCN red list of endangered species./>

==See also==

* [[List of pythonid species and subspecies]].

* {{c|Pythonidae by common name}}.

* {{c|Pythonidae by taxonomic synonyms}}.

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Pythonidae}}

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[[Category:Python (genus)|kyaiktiyo]]

[[Category:Snakes of Asia]]

[[Category:Reptiles of Myanmar]]

[[Category:Reptiles described in the 21st century2011]]

[[Category:Vertebrates described in 2011]]