### vertebrate | reptile | serpent | constrictor | boa | python:

Ball python
* Most ball pythons eat rats
  - rodents
* Most ball pythons have eyes
  - jaws
* Most ball pythons have long life
  - reproductive life
  - upper jaws
* Most ball pythons kill animals
  - prey animals
* Some ball pythons have cloacas
  - prefer birds
* Some ball pythons reach maturity
  - reproductive maturity
* are carnivorous and have mobile lower and upper jaws
  - found in western to central Africa, just north of the equator
  - quite common as pets
  - secretive snakes that appreciate and utilize hide spots
  - somewhat notorious for refusing to eat
* can stay connected for up to two days.
  - well-defined patterns colored with yellows, browns and black
* live in dry grassland, savanna and forest edges.
* play a role in a religious cult known as a voodoo.
* prefer grasslands, savannas and sparsely wooded areas.
* sit and wait to ambush prey.
* spend most of their time on or under the ground in burrows.

### vertebrate | reptile | serpent | constrictor | boa | python:

Burmese python
* Most burmese pythons have organs
  - physiology
  - sensory organs
* Some burmese pythons have capability
  - claws
  - live in rainforests
* Some burmese pythons reach maturity
  - sexual maturity
* are an African snake, and also live in the jungles
  - carnivores mainly eating small mammals, reptiles, and birds
  - carnivores, surviving primarily on small mammals and birds
  - crammed into tiny enclosures, fed barely enough to sustain life
  - dark-colored snakes with many brown blotches bordered in black down the back
  - light colored with dark brown blotches bordered in black, and a pale belly
  - native to Asia, from eastern India through Vietnam and southern China
  - semi-aquatic and are often found near or in water
  - solitary animals and are generally only seen together during spring mating
* can pose a threat to human safety.
* eat a large range of animals.
* hatch from eggs.
* living in the southern Florida are apt to eat a diverse range of animals.
* reach sexual maturity in four to five years.
* require exceptionally clean cages.

Carpet python
* Some carpet pythons have ages.
* kill prey by constricting it until it suffocates.

Large python
* are the only snakes that incubate their eggs.
* can even eat larger mammals like the red muntjac, a type of Asian deer.

### vertebrate | reptile | serpent | constrictor | boa | python:

Larger python
* can prey on animals as large as a house cat or a full-grown deer.
+ Python
  * Some people think it is related to that of the Boa snakes. However, boas produce live young, while pythons lay eggs. Pythons can be found in Australia, Southeast Asia and Africa. Pythons can range from 3 feet long in species like ball pythons to 29 feet in species like reticulated pythons. Longer pythons have been seen, but the reports are not secured. Larger pythons can prey on animals as large as a house cat or a full-grown deer. In Africa, there are pythons that eat gazelles. To catch its prey, the python squeezes it to death, then swallows it whole.

### vertebrate | reptile | serpent | viper | pit viper | rattler:

Timber rattler
* are more poisonous, but bites are rare since they rattles before attacking.
* come in both yellow and black colorations.

### vertebrate | reptile | serpent | viper | rattlesnake | diamondback:

Western diamondback
* Most western diamondback rattlesnakes possess pit organs
  - diamondbacks range in color
* Some western diamondback rattlesnakes occupy geographic ranges
  - prey upon mammals
* Some western diamondbacks have feet
  - predators
  - venom
  - live for years