CARPET PYTHON

Scientific name: Morelia spilota

Family: Pythonidae

Order: Squamata

Status: Non-Venomous

Habitat and Distribution

Shelters in a wide rage of sites from hollow tree limbs to rock crevices and burrows of other animals.

About the animal:

• A large python with small fragmented head scales;
• Usually grows about 2.5 m, but can grow up to 4m;
• Wide variety of colourings. In the Darling range area, the snake often seen with less bold colourings compare to the one seen in Swan Coastal Plain;
• Mainly nocturnal;
• Usually a quiet snake that shows little objection to being handled;
• Oviparous (lays eggs).

What they eat?

Feeds mainly on mammals and birds, occasionally feeds on lizard.