Menalan

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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 tanaq 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]