Ungle Carpet Python

Jungle carpet pythons are often thought of as the most striking of all the pythons.

Ungle carpet python.

Morelia spilota cheynei we have thousands of exotic reptiles for sale from top breeders from around the world. Selective breeding of carpet pythons has recently exploded with new morphs such as granite caramel jaguar and zebra carpet pythons. The specific name cheynei is in honor of cheyne wellington. These fairly large non venomous snakes of the family pythonidae are found in australia indonesia and papua new guinea the northern solomon islands and the bismarck archipelago.

Daintree came to us in december 2011 at about 2 5 years of age. The jungle carpet python can reach 15 20 years in the wild 30 or more years in captivity. The average adult length is roughly 2 m 6 6 ft. Mcdowelli is the largest subspecies regularly attaining lengths of 2 7 3 m 8 9 9 8 ft.

Variegata is the smallest subspecies typically 120 180 cm 3 9 5 9 ft in length. No handling or taming is required. For more information check out how it works. The more common carpet pythons available in the pet trade include jungle carpet pythons diamond pythons irian jaya pythons and coastal carpet pythons.

The carpet python morelia spilota is also commonly referred to as the diamond python or carpet snake scientists have described many subspecies see taxonomy species below for more information. Try browsing the carpet pythons index if you re looking for something specific. Morelia spilota cheynei or the jungle carpet python is a python subspecies found in the rainforests of queensland australia. The jungle carpet python subspecies morelia spilota cheynei are native to a small region of the northwestern australian rain forests they are a slender mostly arboreal python and adults generally grow to.

Carpet pythons in general belong to the morelia spilota species and include a diverse group such as diamond pythons coastal carpet pythons irian jaya pythons and jungle carpet pythons. Try browsing the carpet pythons index if you re looking for something specific. The type locality given is ravenshoe on the atherton tableland north. Yes the snake makes a great pet because it is easy to maintain not fussy when it comes to eating and does not mind handling if it is done gently.

Jungle carpet python care sheet does the jungle carpet python make a good pet. She is named after a large wildlife preserve in northern queensland where the jungle carpet python can be found. Specimens with high contrasting black and yellow are highly sought after and with good reason. Jaguar carpet pythons for sale in the united states.

The care of the jungle carpet python as a pet is nearly the same as caring for a ball python. Morelia 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. They do tend to start off a little snappier than other species but most calm down at around a year of age.