Menalan

Menalan found at the site of the failed minihydro

Translations

English

python

Malay

ular

Alternative spellings

1. Menelen
2. Menelan

Encyclopedic Info

Kelabit

Nih species menalan suk leng-leng i'it lun tana' sinih. Kuman akap kedidah nih, kereb tidah nipa uluh dadi lem akap dih. Inap dtah scientist ngih dam suk am jadi. Rare species sinih nih keneh.

English

The smallest python in the world. Eat snails, they can put their heads in the snails. Caught by a scientist at the site of the failed dam. He said this is a rare species.

The smallest python in the world goes by these names, and seems only to be found in Australia.

Scientific name

Antaresia perthensis

Common names

Pygmy python ¹, Anthill python ^2,3

References

1. http://www.kingsnake.com/donpatterson/pygmy.html [1]
2. http://www.dreamsbeginhere.org/sandalwood/herpetology/classroomanimalsanthillpython.htm[2]
3. http://www.a1pythons.com/anthill.html [3]