Rare animal appears in the middle of the road, Quang Tri people handle it unexpectedly

When faced with endangered wildlife, Quang Tri people made the right choice: protect it and hand it over to the authorities.

On November 3, Nam Ba Don Commune Police, Quang Tri Province informed that the unit coordinated with Quang Trach Forest Protection Department and the Commune Economic Department to receive a python voluntarily handed over by a local resident. Photo: Nguoi lao dong.

The python was about 1 meter long, weighed about 1.5 kg and was in stable health. The person who handed it over was Doan Tien Dung (born in 1992, residing in Tien Phong village, Nam Ba Don commune). According to Dung, on the evening of November 2, on his way home from work, he discovered and caught a python crawling near a residential area. Photo: Nguoi lao dong.

Suspecting it was a rare animal, Mr. Dung quickly contacted the commune police to hand over the animal to the authorities. Photo: Wikipedia.

After receiving the python handed over by Mr. Dung, the rangers inspected and determined that it was a rare animal. The rangers released the python back into the wild in accordance with regulations. Photo: Wayne Fidler.

The scientific name of the ground python is Python bivittatus. According to Circular 27/2025/TT-BNNMT of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment , the ground python is an endangered, precious, and rare forest animal belonging to Group IIB, and is restricted from exploitation and use for commercial purposes. Photo: Eoghan Irwin.

The python is listed in the Vietnam Red Book and belongs to a group of animals whose exploitation and use are strictly prohibited. Photo: Riajul Karim.

As one of the python species distributed in Vietnam, the adult ground python can reach an average length of 4 - 6m and weigh more than 100 kg. Photo: Vijay Anand Ismavel.

The notable features of the python include: long, small, gray-brown head. The top of the head has a lanceolate pattern extending from the neck, the tip pointing towards the tip of the snout. Photo: Scott Trageser.

In the Southern Delta, ground pythons often live in swamps, mangrove forests, and flooded mangrove forests, sometimes even entering areas with gardens. In the winter in the North, ground pythons often stay in caves and mainly hunt for food at night. In the summer, they like to soak in water. Photo: Tommy.

The main food of a ground python is rodents, deer, birds, frogs and reptiles. Photo: Scott Trageser.

Readers are invited to watch the video : Discovering many new species in the Mekong River Region. Source: THĐT1.

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