The ''' dwarf Burmese python''' (''Python bivittatus progschai'') is island based dwarf sub-speciessubspecies of the [[Burmese python]] (''Python bivittatus bivittatus''). The dwarf Burmese is native to the Indonesian islands of [[Java]], [[Bali]], [[Sumbawa]], and [[Sulawesi]]. The dwarf sub-speciessubspecies seems to have a maximum length of {{convert|8.2|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref name="LangVogel">de Lang R, Vogel G (2005). ''The Snakes of Sulawesi: A Field Guide to the Land Snakes of Sulawesi with Identification Keys''. Frankfurt Contributions to Natural History Band 25, Edition Chimaira 2005. {{ISBN|3-930612-85-2}}. pp. 23-27, 198-201.</ref> In 2009, the dwarf Burmese python was officially recognized as sub-speciessubspecies of the Burmese python.<ref>{{cite journal
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They are often found in forests, and sometimes near bodies of fresh or brackish water. The sub-speciessubspecies seems to prefer hiding among old logs, and tree stumps.<ref name="LangVogel"/> However, like their larger mainland cousins, they also seem to enjoy the occasional dip in fresh or brackish water. They do seem to mostly nocturnal, with increased active between the hours of dusk to dawn.
==Description==
Dwarf Burmese pythons differ in size, appearance and build, compared to their larger mainland cousins. Not only are the dwarf Burmese shorter in length, but they are also slimmer in over all build. Also the dwarfs tend to lighter in coloration, with better defined markings, when compared with the coloration and markings of a normal mainland Burmese python.
While the largest dwarf Burmese python is recorded at being at {{convert|8.2|ft|abbr=on}}, The average for females of this sub-speciessubspecies seems to be about {{convert|5.5-6|ft|abbr=on}}. The average for adult male Dwarfs seems to be about {{convert|4-4.5|ft|abbr=on}}.
