Morelia carinata
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- Common names: rough-scaled python.
Morelia carinata is a non-venomous python species found in Australia. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
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[edit] Description
Adults grow to 2.5 m (8 ft) in length. Distinguished by the presence of a large parietal scale and by having distinct keeled scales. The body is slim and muscular. The color pattern is light honey-tan with darker brown reddish markings. The belly is white possibly with black spots.
[edit] Geographic range
Found in Australia, northwestern Western Australia in the lower sections of the Mitchell and Hunter rivers, just inland from the coast. The type locality given is "Mitchell River Falls, Western Australia (14°50'S, 125°42'E)" [Australia].[1]
[edit] Habitat
They are found in rocky valleys of Kimberley region in far northern Western Australia where they climb on low trees and shrubs.
[edit] Behavior
So far reported to be strictly crepuscular. The temperament is quite docile with rarely any attempts to bite.
[edit] Reproduction
Presumably an egg-layer (oviparous) like other pythons.
[edit] See also
- List of pythonid species and subspecies.
- Pythonidae by common name.
- Pythonidae by taxonomic synonyms.
[edit] References
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ Morelia carinata (TSN 634778). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 19 September 2007.
[edit] External links
- Morelia carinata at the TIGR Reptile Database. Accessed 19 September 2007.
