Karung
Acrochordus javanicus Hornstedt, 1787
Status not recordedsnakes
The karung (Acrochordus javanicus) is a species in the family Acrochordidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 9.56 kg and live up to 5.8 years.
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Quick facts about the karung
- Weight
- 9.56 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 2.9 msrc for Length
- Lifespan
- 5.8 yearssrc for Lifespan
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Longest recorded lifespan
- 20 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 6 – 29.3src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Reproduction
- Live birthsrc for Reproduction
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the karung live?
Not recorded
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the karung as introduced in 1 country.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the karung endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the karung classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAcrochordidae
- genusAcrochordus
- SpeciesAcrochordus javanicus Hornstedt, 1787
Other names and names in other languages (16)
- Elephant trunk snakeEnglish
- Elephant's trunk snakeEnglish
- Java file snakeEnglish
- Javan file snakeEnglish
- Javan wart snakeEnglish
- bradavičník jávskýCzech
- Java-vorteslangeDanish
- Java-WarzenschlangeGerman
- Serpiente Trompa de Elefante de JavaSpanish
- Acrocordo di GiavaItalian
- Serpente lima di GiavaItalian
- Serpente proboscideItalian
- Cobra-tromba-de-elefantePortuguese
- Яванская бородавчатая змеяRussian
- งูงวงช้างThai
- 爪哇瘰鱗蛇Chinese
Relatives of the karung
Other species in the same genus Acrochordus.
CompareKarung vs Wart snakeKarung vs FilesnakeKarung vs Acrochordus dubiusKarung vs Acrochordus mahakamiensis
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the karung?
An adult karung weighs 9.56 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the karung live?
The karung has a recorded lifespan of 5.8 years.
Is the karung an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the karung as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the karung?
The karung (Acrochordus javanicus) belongs to the family Acrochordidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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