Jungle Python
Morelia spilota cheyni
Other Names: Jungle Carpet Python, "Jungle".
Size: Up to 2 metres typical, smaller than most other carpet pythons.
Family: Pythonidae (Python family, about 26 species in the world)
Distribution: A small area of the top end of coastal Queensland, not the very tip of Cape York though.
Danger: Nervous disposition and more likely to bite their handlers than most pythons. Like all pythons they are non-venemous though.
References: Wilson and Swan.
About the Jungle Python
Prominent yellow blotches along its head and body. Many individuals exhibit much brighter yellow than the pictures here show. It's colouring helps camouflage it in the mottled light of the rainfirst canopies it lives in.
Photo taken at Australian Reptile Park, Gosford NSW. Higher Resolution 3024 x 2012.
See Also
Australian Mammals
Australian Birds
Australian Frogs
Australian Fish
Australian Spiders and Their Faces
Australian Wild Plant Foods
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