• Scientific name: Python regius
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Reptilia
• Order: Squamata
• Family: pythonidae
• Genus: Python
• Species: P. regius

Fun Facts

• This snake gets its name from its tendency to curl up like a ball when threatened.
• A terrestrial species, though it can both actively climb branches and swim, it is found in empty rodent burrows.
• The python bites its prey and coils around it eventually suffocating the prey.
• It eats rodents, small animals and birds on occasion.
• The ball python can grow to be 4 to 6 feet.