Table 2 Mean ± standard errors and ranges (in parentheses) for daily growth rates of snout-vent length (SVL) and body mass for male and female reticulated (Malayopython reticulatus) and Burmese (Python bivittatus) pythons raised in farms in Thailand and Vietnam.
From: Python farming as a flexible and efficient form of agricultural food security
N | Male | Female | Sexes combined | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SVL (cm/day) | Mass (g/day) | SVL (cm/day) | Mass (g/day) | SVL (cm/day) | Mass (g/day) | ||
Thailand | |||||||
M. reticulatus | 2004 | 0.47 ± 0.002 (0.23–0.64) | 4.1 ± 0.07 (0.24–19.1) | 0.5 ± 0.003 (0.29–0.71) | 6.3 ± 0.15 (0.28–19.7) | 0.48 ± 0.002 (0.23–0.71) | 5.2 ± 0.09 (0.24–19.7) |
P. bivittatus | 2381 | 0.37 ± 0.002 (0.03–0.68) | 2.9 ± 0.06 (0.24–8.4) | 0.42 ± 0.003 (0.03–0.84) | 3.9 ± 0.08 (0.26–14.2) | 0.4 ± 0.002 (0.03–0.8) | 3.5 ± 0.05 (0.24–14.2) |
Vietnam | |||||||
P. bivittatus | 156 | 0.59 ± 0.008 (0.37–0.72) | 18 ± 0.78 (3.2–37.2) | 0.6 ± 0.008 (0.43–0.74) | 19.9 ± 0.99 (3.7–42.6) | 0.6 ± 0.006 (0.37–0.74) | 19 ± 0.64 (3.2–42.6) |
P. bivittatus | 60 | NA | 10.2 ± 0.49 (4.0 –16.3) | NA | 10.4 ± 0.61 (5.4–17.3) | NA | 10.3 ± 0.38 (4.0–17.3) |
