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CITES II
Pythonidae

Macklot's Python

Liasis mackloti

Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. reptco.co.uk

Photograph: smathichong · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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warm end29–32 °C
cool end25–28 °C
Humidity50–60 %
Diet10–14 days

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
25–28°Cool side
29–32°Warm side

A real gradient, 29–32°C warm against 25–28°C cool, so the animal chooses. The sheet states no separate night figure.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 29-32 °C / cool 25-28 °C

Humidity

50–60%Target RH

The sheet states50-60 %

UVB

6%required

The sheet statesMacklot's Pythons do not require special lighting, but a day/night cycle should be maintained. If you wish to use UVB lighting, a 6% shade dweller light can be used.

Enclosure
For an adult Macklot's Python a suitable enclosure size is roughly 3-4ft

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
warm 29–32 °C / cool 25–28 °C
Humidity
50-60 %

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 10–14 dAs an adult
2Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window. The sheet gives several ages on one line; this is the adult figure.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesFor juveniles, start with appropriately sized mice, and as they grow, transition to larger rodents. Feed juveniles every 5-7 days, while adults can be fed every 10-14 days.

Common questions

What is its temperament like?

Often nervous and very food-driven, especially young ones. They can settle with consistent handling but they are rarely a beginner snake.

How big does it get?

A medium to large python, commonly around two metres and reasonably heavy-bodied.

Does it like water?

Yes, it is strongly associated with water in the wild and often soaks. Give it a bowl big enough to lie in.

How often do I feed it?

An appropriately sized rodent every week to ten days for a growing snake, stretching out as it matures.

What it needs

A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 29-32 °C / cool 25-28 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 29-32 °C / cool 25-28 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 29-32 °C / cool 25-28 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 50-60 %
UVB 6-6%, stated as requiredbecause uvb — Macklot's Pythons do not require special lighting, but a day/night cycle should be maintained. If you wish to use UVB lighting, a 6% shade dweller light can be used.
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet describes the enclosure without a figure: « For an adult Macklot's Python a suitable enclosure size is roughly 3-4ft »

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

reptco.co.uk — lu le 2026-08-04speciesplus.net — lu le 2026-08-08gbif.org — lu le 2026-08-08

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What this sheet states

62%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 4 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: enclosure size audit, day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.