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: untuk pertumbuhan dan makan
pada ekor ular sanca dari April
2001. per untuk
and cm.
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Sanca Chondrophyton viridis,
Growth and behaviour in captivity of Green Python viridis)
: The growth and behaviour of nine green pythons held in captivity
were studied between April and June 2001. Growth in body for juveniles was 14.3 for sub adults i t was 17.3 and for adults it was 0 mm. W e
found that green pythons preferred mice to chicken as a and that 75% of the mice eaten head first rather than tail first. The average to swallow a prey item
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seven minutes. The time taken from introduction of the prey to it being caught depended on snake condition and prey activity.Keywords: green python, viridis, feeding behaviour, captivity
A. Harvey (Editor). 2003. Konservasi di Indonesia..