page_title: Burmese python
section_title: Conservation
hierarchical_section_title: Burmese python / Conservation
caption_attribution_description: English: Illicit Endangered Wildlife Trade in Möng La, Shan, Myanmar
context_page_description: The Burmese python is one of the five largest species of snakes in the world. It is native to a large area of Southeast Asia but is found as an invasive species elsewhere. Until 2009, it was considered a subspecies of Python molurus, but now is recognized as belonging to a distinct species.
  They are often found near water, marshy type areas, and are sometimes semiaquatic, but can also be found in trees. Wild individuals average 3.7 m long, but have been known to reach 5.74 m.
context_section_description: Wild populations are considered to be "threatened" and are listed on Appendix II of CITES. All the giant python species (including the Indian python, the African rock python, and the reticulated python) have historically been slaughtered to supply the world leather market, as well as for folk medicines, and captured for the pet trade. Some are also killed for food, particularly in China.
  The IUCN has recently listed the Burmese python as "vulnerable", reflecting its overall population decline. Important reasons for the decline are trade for skins and for food; habitat degradation may be a problem in some upland areas.
  In Hong Kong, it is a protected species under Wild Animals Protection Ordinance Cap 170.
caption: A Burmese python with other snakes and pangolins at an illegal wildlife black market in Möng La, Shan, Myanmar
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