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Pythons & reptile skins in the illegal wildlife trade

WildTrace has recorded 1 cases involving pythons & reptile skins from public reports between 2024-01-15 and 2026-09-23, in 1 countries. 0 of them rest on an official or validated source.

CITES appendix I/II. Taxa covered: Python spp., Crocodylidae, Varanus salvator. Counts show where this trade is reported, not where it happens: reporting is uneven between countries and languages, and cases whose reports name no place are counted but cannot be mapped.

Where pythons & reptile skins cases are reported

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Where seized pythons & reptile skins came from, and where it was seized

3,588 shipments of pythons & reptile skins seized or confiscated were reported to CITES since 2015 (CITES Trade Database, source code I). Counts are shipment records, not quantities, and some countries report far more completely than others.

Taken from

  • Vietnam 394
  • Australia 288
  • Zimbabwe 273
  • Thailand 181
  • Mexico 168
  • South Africa 151
  • Indonesia 138
  • Zambia 88

Seized in

  • United States 3,427
  • Hong Kong 16
  • Canada 15
  • China 12
  • Italy 11
  • Mexico 10
  • Switzerland 10
  • Germany 9

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