Editing Burmese python (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
The Burmese python occurs throughout Southern and Southeast Asia, including eastern [[India]], southeastern [[Nepal]], western [[Bhutan]], southeastern [[Bangladesh]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[Laos]], [[Cambodia]], [[Vietnam]], northern continental [[Malaysia]], and southern China in [[Fujian]], [[Jiangxi]], [[Guangdong]], [[Hainan]], [[Guangxi]], and [[Yunnan]].<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=Barker, D.G. |author2=Barker, T.M. |year=2010 |title=The Distribution of the Burmese Python, ''Python bivittatus'', in China |url=http://usark.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Burmese-China_BarkerBarker.pdf |journal=Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society |volume=45 |issue=5 |pages=86–88 |access-date=2012-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191735/http://usark.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Burmese-China_BarkerBarker.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It also occurs in [[Hong Kong]], and in [[Indonesia]] on [[Java]], southern [[Sulawesi]], Bali, and [[Sumbawa]].<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=Barker, D.G. |author2=Barker, T.M. |year=2008 |title=The distribution of the Burmese Python, ''Python molurus bivittatus'' |journal=Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=33–38 |url=http://www.venomousreptiles.org/libraries/download/6157/distributionburmesepython.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520220853/http://www.venomousreptiles.org/libraries/download/6157/DistributionBurmesePython.pdf |archive-date=2014-05-20 |access-date=2012-10-17}}</ref> It has also been reported in [[Kinmen]].<ref name=SoT>{{cite web |author1=Breuer, H. |author2=Murphy, W.C. |date=2009–2010 |url=http://www.snakesoftaiwan.com/Python%20molurus%20bivittatus/species_python_molurus.htm |title=''Python molurus bivittatus'' |work=Snakes of Taiwan |access-date=17 October 2012 |archive-date=26 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626211432/http://www.snakesoftaiwan.com/Python%20molurus%20bivittatus/species_python_molurus.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>

It is an excellent swimmer and needs a permanent source of water. It lives in [[grassland]]s, marshes, swamps, rocky foothills, woodlands, river valleys, and jungles with open clearings. It is a good climber and has a [[prehensile]] tail. It can stay in water for 30 minutes but mostly stays on land.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}