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CITES II
Pythonidae

Sumatran Short-tailed Python

Python curtus

Photograph: L.J. Lamera · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

CITES II is a global listing and holds in every country. National law is not global, and we hold no national wildlife law for any country, Thailand included. Check your own authority before buying or selling.

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warm end30 °C
cool end24–26 °C
Humidity60–70 %
Enclosure30×60×120

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
24–26°Cool side
30°Warm side

A real gradient, 30°C warm against 24–26°C cool, so the animal chooses. The sheet states no separate night figure.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 30 °C / cool 24-26 °C

Humidity

60–70%Target RH

The sheet states60-70 %

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet statespas generalement requis

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

30 cm120 cm
warm sideUVB tube
50100150200 cm
30 × 60 × 120 cmWidth × depth × height
18dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet states1' x 2' x 4' a 2' x 3' x 6' (env. 30 x 60 x 120 cm a 60 x 90 x 180 cm)

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Common questions

Is this the feisty one of the short-tails?

It has that reputation, yes. Many captive-bred ones are fine, but we would not recommend it as a first python.

How big does it get?

Around one and a half to two metres, slightly slimmer than a blood python but still a thick, powerful snake.

Does it bite?

It can, and a bite from a snake this size needs cleaning and care. Use a hook, move slowly, and it will usually stay calm.

What kind of enclosure?

Wide and low with deep substrate, two hides, a large water bowl and a humid environment. It does not climb, so height is wasted.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 30 × 60 × 120 cmbecause enclosure — 1' x 2' x 4' a 2' x 3' x 6' (env. 30 x 60 x 120 cm a 60 x 90 x 180 cm)
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 30 °C / cool 24-26 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 30 °C / cool 24-26 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 30 °C / cool 24-26 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 60-70 %
UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — pas generalement requis

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

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What this sheet states

54%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 3 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, its place on the globe, the diet section, the sheet citing where it comes from. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.