Nghe An (VNA) – A reticulated python weighing more than two kilogrammes was realeased into the Pu Hoat Nature Reserve in Que Phong district, the central province of Nghe An, on June 6.
It was in stable condition when it returned to the nature.
A man from Na Cay village, Tien Phong commune, found the reptile tangled in a fishing net and then decided to inform the local authority and hand it over to the Que Phong forest protection division on June 5.
On June 3, another reticulated python weighing about six kilogrammes was also reintroduced to the Pu Hoat Natural Reserve. A local voluntarily handed over the animal to authorities after buying it from a market and later learning that the python is a rare species needing strict protection.
Python reticulatus is a critically endangered species listed in the 2007 Vietnam Red Data Book – a list of rare and endangered species of fauna and flora native to Vietnam. It is also included in Appendix IIB/60 of the Government’s Decree 06/2019/ND-CP on the management of rare and threatened wild fauna and flora and implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Pu Hoat, recognised as a world biosphere reserve by UNESCO in September 2007, spans 90,000ha and boasts a high level of biodiversity. Over 1,240 species of plants and more than 790 species and subspecies of animals have been recorded here./.
