Seeing a wild animal crawling across the door, Soc Trang residents recognized it as a rare species and handed it over to the forest rangers.

Accordingly, the python (Python molurus) was caught by Mr. Dao Vien, Cho Cu hamlet, My Xuyen town, My Xuyen district, when he discovered the python crawling across the front door of his house. The python weighed 8kg and was in good health.

Soc Trang Forest Protection Department coordinated with relevant units to release the python back into the wild. Python is one of the wild animals classified in group IIB (endangered and rare forest animals) and is listed in the Vietnam Red Book of Animals. Photo: THUY LIEU.

When he caught the python and knew it was a rare wild animal, Mr. Dao Vien contacted the Soc Trang Forestry Department to hand it over.

“The ground python is classified in group IIB (endangered and rare forest animals) and is listed in the Vietnam Red Book of Animals. The ground python is the largest of all python species discovered in Vietnam with an average length of 4 - 6m (the longest is 8m) and a weight of more than 100kg.

The python is characterized by a long, thin, gray-brown head. The top of the head has a lanceolate pattern with a pointed tip extending from the neck towards the tip of the snout.

The upper surface of the back is gray or light yellow with red spots and black edges; the food of the python is frogs, toads, birds, reptiles...

Mr. Dao Vien's voluntary handover of rare and endangered wild animals is very commendable, as it contributes to the efforts to protect wildlife, conserve biodiversity and natural ecosystems of the provincial Forestry Department", shared Mr. Nguyen Thanh Quang - Deputy Head of the Mobile Forestry and Forest Fire Prevention and Fighting Team (Soc Trang Forestry Department).

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