| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 生命科學研究所 === 101 === The Burmese python Python bivittatus bivittatus, one of the largest snake species in the world, is famous due to its invasion to USA. Although quite a few studies have been conducted on the invasive population, scientific information of in the native range is still extremely scarce. In this study, we aim to investigate the basic ecological information of the python such as activity pattern, home range, habitat use, and thermoregulation in order to provide a proper management strategy for their conservation. From May 2010 to February 2013, radio telemetry was applied to track 12 individuals. The results showed that the pythons have a highest activity in summer and autumn nights, with the potential to move more than 1.2 km within a single night in warm seasons. The home range size may exceed 892.7 hectare within a year. The results also showed that seasonal habitat use could effectively help regulating their body temperature to avoid from extreme temperatures. The pythons chose high canopy cover habitat and frequently used marshes, shrubs, grasslands, forests in summers, while underground tunnels and caves were commonly used as refugia in winters.
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