The ball python (Python regius), also known as the royal python, is a python species native to sub-Saharan Africa. Like all other pythons, it is a nonvenomous constrictor.

This is the smallest of the African pythons and is popular in the pet trade, largely due to its small size and typically docile temperament.

No subspecies are currently recognized. The name "ball python" refers to the animal's tendency to curl into a ball when stressed or frightened.

A common belief is that the name "royal python" (from the Latin regius) comes from the legend that rulers in Africa, especially Cleopatra, would wear the python as jewelry.

The ball python is particularly revered by the Igbo people in southeastern Nigeria, who consider it symbolic of the earth, being an animal that travels so close to the ground.

Even Christian Igbos treat ball pythons with great care whenever they come across one in a village or on someone's property; they either let them roam or pick them up gently and return them to a forest or field away from houses.

If one is accidentally killed, many communities on Igbo land still build a coffin for the snake's remains and give it a short funeral.

In northwestern Ghana, there is a taboo towards pythons as people consider them a savior and can not hurt or eat them. According to folklore a python once helped them flee from their enemies by transforming into a log to allow them to cross a river.

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