STIMSON'S PYTHON
Scientific name: Antaresia stimsoni subspecies stimsoni
Family: Pythonidae
Order: Squamata
Status: Non-Venomous
Habitat and Distribution
Shelters in hollow tree limbs, rock crevices. Can be found in granite outcrops in the Darling Range of Perth.
About the animal:
- A small python that can grow up to 1 m long;
- Body randomly marked with darker brown to reddish brown blotches;
- A nocturnal python;
- When disturbed it may curl up into a tight ball, hiding its head within the coils.
What they eat?
Diet includes small birds, mammals and lizards.