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Reticulated Python
Scientific Name: Python reticulatus Generally regarded as the longest living snake with specimens having been recorded up to 10 metres. This large size means they are slow moving snakes but they can still strike at surprising speeds. The colouration and pattern is designed to allow the snake to blend into the leaf litter of the […]
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Olive python
Scientific Name: Liasis olivaceus The beautiful smooth skinned olive python is a uniform light to dark olive-brown to red-brown, with a white or cream underbelly. Growing to almost 4 metres, this robust python is Australia’s second largest snake species. There is also an olive python sub species – the Pilbara olive python – that is […]
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Jungle carpet python
Scientific Name: Morelia spilota cheynei The jungle carpet python is a vividly coloured python that at its most striking is brilliant yellow and black, although it can be tan and black. Its underbelly is usually white. The snakes grow 1.5-2.1 metres long. The jungle carpet python is non-venomous to humans. Habitat: Lush tropical and subtropical […]
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Green Tree Python
Scientific Name: Morelia viridis An unmistakable arboreal or tree-dwelling python, the adult green tree python is emerald green in colour with a yellowish belly. Occasional specimens also have small white markings along the back. Hatchlings on the other hand, are quite different, emerging from the egg a bright sulphur yellow or sometimes reddish-orange, changing into […]
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Green anaconda
Scientific Name: Eunectes murinus The green anaconda is the largest snake in the world – not because it is exceptionally long, but because it is so heavy, weighing up to 220 kilograms! These solid snakes can measure 30 centimetres in diameter and grow to lengths of 8 metres. Their size makes them sluggish on land […]
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Diamond Python
Scientific Name: Morelia spilota spilota Closely related to the carpet pythons, diamond pythons have a distinctive pattern of a black background with cream or yellow spots and blotches. There is some variation between individuals ranging from snakes that are predominantly black with a few light spots, to others that have bright yellow scales edged in […]
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Carpet Python
Scientific Name: Morelia spilota variegata The carpet python has a noticeably robust body and large head. Unlike its close relative, the diamond python, the colour and pattern vary greatly, as indicated by its scientific subspecies name, variegata. They range from pale to dark brown and olive green to grey or reddish with darker blotches. The […]
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Burmese python
Scientific Name: Python molurus bivittatus The beautiful Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world, growing 3–7 metres long, and weighing up to 90kg. The snake’s distinctive patterning – dark brown blotches on a light tan background – means that it is often hunted for its skin, and so it is now […]
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Black-headed python
Scientific Name: Aspidites melanocephalus The distinctive black-headed python does indeed have a black head and neck, which contrasts strongly with the brown banding along its body. The banding is light to dark brown or orange-brown on a base that can be creamy white, light brown and occasionally even yellow. The head is slightly pointed and […]
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Ball python
Scientific Name: Python regius Ball pythons are so named because they do indeed form a tight ball, with the head at the centre, when they are threatened. Also called the royal python, the snake is beautifully patterned, with large round blotches of light brown on a dark brown background, though colours can vary from tan […]
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