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.