It is the world's longest snake, and the third heaviest after the green anaconda and Burmese python. It is listed as least concern on the IUCN Red List because of its wide distribution. In several countries in its range, it is hunted for its skin, for …

Dec 22, 2023 · Boljulio Aleria who was attacked by a snake is now recuperating in a hospital. Aleria, 48, a resident of Calape town was on his way home when he accidentally saw a three-meter long snake locally known as “baksan” while in Barangay Quinapon-an in Antequera town.

Aug 13, 2014 · Prony the python, known to locals as Baksan and the 'Live Anaconda of Bohol,' was the pride and joy in Albuquerque, Bohol. She was the longest python, at 28 feet, and the heaviest at 600 pounds, python to be held in captivity.

Aug 24, 2012 · Samantha, similar to Prony, is one of the largest snakes in captivity here in the Philippines. Its girth is about 38 inches and its length is about 17 ft to 19 ft. Even though it is not as long as Prony, this snake’s body is bigger and most of the time it is awake. Getting inside the cage means paying 50 pesos.

Dec 21, 2023 · TAGBILARAN CITY — It’s man versus snake. A 48-year-old man from Bohol province wrestled with a snake and prevailed. Boljulio Aleria, a resident of barangay Cabayugan in Calape town, was driving his motorcycle when a Reticulated python, locally known as “baksan” blocked his way in Barangay Quinapon-an, Antequera town at 2 a.m. on Tuesday.

Dec 21, 2023 · Si Aleria, 48 anyos, nagsakay sa iyang motorsiklo dihang nibabag sa dalan ang usa ka Reticulated python nga gitawag og “baksan” alas 2 a. m. niadtong Martes sa Barangay Quinapon-an, Antequera. Gikan siya sa Loon aron bisitahon ang iyang mga anak.

Dec 22, 2023 · According to him, the snake, identified to be a reticulated python or a "baksan," had a body with the size of a beer grande and length that measured almost two arm spreads. "I was on my motorcycle and I stopped because it was on the road and I wanted it to cross.

Oct 18, 2009 · (June 22, 2009) - Workers in Cabawan caught a yard and 1/2-long brown Philippine python coming down from a coconut tree. ...more. "Stay" by Bohol's Romeo Mascariñas.

Jul 31, 2019 · The AKFI made this commitment after hearing reports on the 23-foot long python locally called baksan, owned by Sofronio Salibay in Barangay Sta. Filomena, has been fed with stray dogs.

The Philippines' largest captive reticulated python (Python reticulatus) or baksan in the native language, is found in Bohol. Prony, a female baksan named after its owner Sofronio Salibay, measures 27 feet (8.23 metres) and weighs more than 300 kg according to a Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) estimate.