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Range and Habitat: Myanmar, Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo.
Habits and Adaptations: Prey killed by constriction. Females
lay eggs and incubate them. Deaf and mute, cannot even perceive
air vibrations; tongue can function in taste, smell and some loud
noises (hearing); heat organ (small slits in lower lip) enables
snake to perceive warmth radiation; olfaction best developed sense;
moves with most ease in water; can loosen jaw from linkage so
joined only by cartilage which aids eating larger prey.
Diet: Requires little more than their own weight in food
per year; small mammals of sizes up to that of pigs and small
deer, depending on the size of the snake.
Breeding and Maturation: Mates in December and January;
female lays 8-100 eggs 2-3 months later. Eggs 3.25-4 inches long,
2-2.25 inches diameter; white to yellow, sticky, need moisture.
Sexual maturity in 3 years.
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