Python brongersmai – Brongersma’s Blood Python

Brongersma's Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai)

Brongersma’s Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai) in Kaeng Krachan national park, Thailand

The Brongersma’s Blood Python, Python brongersmai is also known as Short-tailed Python. This secretive species is rare to be encountered in the wild. In Southern Thailand they seem a bit more common. But it is even found in Eastern Thailand in Khao Yai national park, where someone I know has photographed one, but it seems really uncommon in that particular region.
My first encounter with this species was in Kaeng Krachan national park. It was active on a December morning at 8:30 in a rather dark evergreen forest at about 800m elevation. In the vicinity of where I encountered the snake there were stands of large bamboo, and within about 100m there is a stream.

Brongersma's Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai)

Brongersma’s Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai) in Kaeng Krachan national park, Thailand

Brongersma's Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai)

Brongersma’s Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai) in Kaeng Krachan national park, Thailand

Python brongersmai - Brongersma's Blood Python in habitat

Python brongersmai – Brongersma’s Blood Python in its habitat

Brongersma's Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai)

Brongersma’s Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai) in Kaeng Krachan national park, Thailand

In situ Brongersma's Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai)

Brongersma’s Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai) in situ in Kaeng Krachan national park, Thailand

Brongersma's Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai)

Brongersma’s Short-tailed Python (Python brongersmai) in Kaeng Krachan national park, Thailand

Python brongersmai - Brongersma's Blood Python in Kaeng Krachan

Python brongersmai – Brongersma’s Blood Python in Kaeng Krachan

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