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{{Short description|Species of snake}}
{{Distinguish|Python brongersmai|Python breitensteini}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Sumatran short-tailed python
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| species = curtus
| authority = [[Hermann Schlegel|Schlegel]], 1872
| synonyms = ''Python breitensteini'' [[Steindachner]], 1881{{clarify|reason=Wikipedia says P. breitensteini is a different species |date=July 2022}}<br>''Aspidoboa curta'' Sauvage, 1884
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==Description==
[[File:PythonCurtusRooij.jpg|thumb|The arrangement of labial scales identify this illustration as ''[[Python brongersmai]]'']]
The Sumatran short-tailed python has narrow subocular [[Scale (anatomy)|scales]] between the bottom of the eye and the top of the labial scales. The parietal scales do not join each other. ''P. curtus'' and ''[[Python breitensteini|P. breitensteini]]'' can be distinguished by the frontal and parietal scales on the tops of their heads. In both ''[[Python brongersmai|P. brongersmai]]'' and ''P. breitensteini'', the parietal scales join.
Adults grow to {{convert|1.5|-|1.8|m|ft|abbr=on}} in length and are heavily built. The tail is extremely short relative to the overall length. The color pattern consists of a beige, tan, or grayish-brown ground color overlaid with blotches that are brick- to blood-red in color.<ref name="Meh87">Mehrtens, J. M. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. {{ISBN|0-8069-6460-X}}.</ref>
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The species is kept as an exotic pet. They are often regarded as unpredictable and aggressive, but captive-bred individuals tend to be more docile than wild-caught specimens.
The Sumatran short-tailed python has been extensively harvested for [[leather]]; an estimated 100,000 individuals are taken for this purpose each year. The commercial trade regards the various populations of ''P. curtus'' and ''
==References==
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