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Morelia spilota spilota is a subspecies of carpet python (Morelia spilota), popularly known as the diamond python. It is a medium to large snake, found in coastal areas and adjacent ranges of south-eastern Australia. It is the most southerly occurring python in the world and is found at higher altitudes than any other species of Australian python.
M. s. spilota. M. spilota is a large species of python in the genus, reaching between 2 and 4 m (6.6 and 13.1 ft) in length and weighing up to 15 kg (33 lb). M. s. mcdowelli is the largest subspecies, regularly attaining lengths of 2.7–3.0 m (8.9–9.8
Morelia spilota cheynei, or the jungle carpet python, is a python subspecies [2] ... Adults of these medium-sized pythons typically measure 5–7 ft (1.5–2.1 m) in ...
Hatchlings of carpet python on Great Keppel Island. Morelia spilota mcdowelli is a subspecies of Morelia spilota, commonly known as the carpet python, and is informally named the eastern, coastal, or McDowell's carpet python. [2] [3] The original description and name were published by Wells and Wellington in 1984. [4]
Australian scrub python; Ball python; Bismarck ringed python; Black headed python; Blood python; Boelen python; Borneo short-tailed python; Bredl's python; Brown water python; Burmese python; Calabar python; Western carpet python. Centralian carpet python; Coastal carpet python; Inland carpet python; Jungle carpet python; New Guinea carpet ...
Morelia spilota variegata, commonly known as Torresian carpet python, Darwin carpet python or northwestern carpet python, is a subspecies of python found in New Guinea and Australia, [1] smaller than the nominate subspecies Morelia spilota spilota and has a more restricted geographic range.
This is a list of all extant genera, species, and subspecies of the snakes of the family Pythonidae, otherwise referred to as pythonids or true pythons.It follows the taxonomy currently provided by ITIS, [1] which is based on the continuing work of Roy McDiarmid [2] and has been updated with additional recently described species.
Typically this python is sedentary, but females in a survey at Garden Island were noted to be active most of the year. M. imbricata takes up residence in deep crevices or holes in limestone , on granite , in dense heath, and animal burrows.