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As its common name suggests, it is a bright green snake that can reach a total length (including tail) of 2 m (6.6 ft) and a weight of 1.6 kg (3.5 lb), with females slightly larger and heavier than males. Living generally in trees, the green tree python mainly hunts and eats small reptiles and mammals.
Commonly known as the northern green tree python, this arboreal python was previously included in the Morelia viridis species complex. [ 1 ] According to recent research "Strong genetic structuring of green python populations and species delimitation methods confirm the presence of two species, broadly occurring north and south of New Guinea ...
Green tree python; northern green tree python Papua New Guinea (Biak, Numfor and Supiori in the Schouten Islands group of Cenderawasih Bay) M. bredli (Gow, 1981) 0 Bredl's python; Centralian python Australia, in the mountains of the southern Northern Territory: M. carinata (L.A. Smith, 1981) 0 Rough-scaled python
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.
Green tree snake may refer to either of the following non-venomous snakes: Morelia viridis , the green tree python, a python species found in New Guinea, various islands in Indonesia, and the Cape York Peninsula in Australia
Gossia bidwillii, known as the python tree is a rainforest myrtle of eastern Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The usual habitat is the drier rainforest areas. The range of natural distribution is from the Hunter River (32° S) in New South Wales to Coen (13° S) in far northern Queensland .
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
Python blood plays another important role in traditional medicine. Many believe that python blood prevents the accumulation of fatty acids, triglycerides and lipids from reaching critically high levels. [29] Additionally, their blood has been used as a source of iron for people who are anemic, which helps reduce fatigue. [29]