DENR CENRO CADIZ RESCUES PYTHON

DENR-CENRO Cadiz and City ENRO Cadiz rescued one reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) at Cadiz City Commercial Port, on Thursday, March 7, 2024. At around nine o'clock in the evening, Mr. Joseph Caceres of the City Environment and Natural Resources Office-Cadiz notified CENRO-Cadiz, through its Information Officer Mary Rose Tayo, of the snake’s presence at Cadiz City Commercial Port Area, Brgy. Banquerohan, Cadiz City.

The team headed by FT I Chelo Abelo, SMR FT II Jessie Caliso, and Park Ranger John Mark Porol, with the assistance of Mr. Joseph Caceres, Head Ecosystem and Environment Resources Management Division of CENRO Cadiz immediately went to the area as per instruction of OIC, CENR Officer Mamad T. Gandarosa, Jr. 

The wildlife found was a juvenile male reticulated python, with a length of two meters. The snake was in stable and good condition, with no signs of injury based on the team's initial physical assessment.

Reticulated python is known as the world’s largest snake and the third heaviest after green Anaconda and Burmese python. It is a python species native to South and Southeast Asia.

Under DENR Administrative Order (DAO) 2019-09, the conservation status of reticulated python is listed as “other threatened species” and is vulnerable to disappearing within 5-100 years.

“Snakes play an important role in balancing the food web in the different ecosystems- forests, swamps, saltwater and freshwater, and even in deserts. When we find one, do not harm or kill them. Report the sightings to the authorities or to the nearest DENR Office so we can assist you,” said DENR Regional Executive Director Livino B. Duran.

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