Central African rock python vs Blood python
The central African rock python is heavier: 16 kg against 4.19 kg for the blood python, about 3.8 times the weight.
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What is the difference between a central African rock python and a blood python?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The central African rock python is heavier: 16 kg against 4.19 kg for the blood python, about 3.8 times the weight.
- The blood python is longer-lived: 27.8 years against 27.3 years for the central African rock python, about 2% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Python, so they are close relatives.
Side by side
| Central African rock python | Blood python | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Python sebae | Python brongersmai |
| Family | Pythonidae | Pythonidae |
| Order | Squamata | Squamata |
| Weight | 16 kg – 73 kg | 4.19 kg – 8.14 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | 1.44 m |
| Lifespan | 27.3 years | 27.8 years |
| Main food | impala | Not recorded |
| Habitat | grassland, shrubland | forest |
| Conservation status | Near Threatened | Not recorded |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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