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The ''' dwarf Burmese python''' (''Python bivittatus progschai'') is an [[Insular dwarfism|insular dwarf]] subspecies of the [[Burmese python]]. The dwarf Burmese python is native to the Indonesian islands of [[Java]], [[Bali]], [[Sumbawa]], and [[Sulawesi]]. The dwarf subspecies seems to have a maximum length of {{convert|
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The Burmese python species as a whole is classified as [[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]] by the [[IUCN]], mostly due to habitat degradation through slash and burn agriculture in upland areas. Depleted populations may be put under additional pressure by capture for consumption and skinning as well as the pet trade.
In Florida, where Burmese pythons are invasive, it poses a threat to the ecosystem by consuming native wildlife.<ref name=IUCN>{{Cite journal | author = Stuart, B. | author2 = Nguyen, T.Q. | author3 = Thy, N. | author4 = Grismer, L. | author5 = Chan-Ard, T. | author6 = Iskandar, D. | author7 = Golynsky, E. | author8 = Lau, M.W.N. | name-list-style = amp | title = ''Python bivittatus'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2012 | page = e.T193451A2237271 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2012 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T193451A2237271.en | doi-access = free }}</ref>
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