Python: finding keys with unique values in a dictionary?

Question

I receive a dictionary as input, and want to return a list of keys for which the dictionary values are unique in the scope of that dictionary.

I will clarify with an exa

Answer 1

Here's another variation.

>>> import collections
>>> inverse= collections.defaultdict(list)
>>> for k,v in a.items():
...     inverse[v].append(k)
... 
>>> [ v[0] for v in inverse.values() if len(v) == 1 ]
['dog', 'snake']

I'm partial to this because the inverted dictionary is such a common design pattern.