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REPTILE FACTS
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Description
The Centralian Carpet Python is brown to orange-red above with dark bars and blotches along its back. The underside is yellow or cream. These snakes are not aggressive and rarely bite humans, and are sometime found in the reptile pet trade.
Size
up to 2.5m long
Habitat
ranges and rocky outcrops in arid desert areas
Food
rats, mice and other small mammals
Breeding
Lays large clutch of eggs - up to 40 eggs has been recorded. Hatchlings start out dull brown in coloration, but after a year or so develop intense orange and red coloration
Range
central Australia around the area of Alice Springs. They are distributed in and around the MacDonnell Ranges and associated arid hills, such as those of the Hart and James Ranges.
Notes
Centralian Carpet Pythons are easy to handle and maintain in captivity if looked after properly. They require a temperature 26-32°C during summer and a few degrees less in winter. They need access to clean cool water, with feeding at 7 - 10 day intervals depending on the size of food and the snake.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Serpentes) | | Family: | Boidae | | Genus: | Morelia | | Species: | spilota bredli | | Common Name: | Centralian Carpet Python |
Relatives in same Genus
Amythystine Python (M. amethistina)
Carpet Python (M. spilota)
Jungle Carpet python (M. spilota cheynei)
Coastal Carpet Python (M. spilota mcdowelli)
Inland Carpet Python (M. spilota metcalfei)
Diamond Python (M. spilota spilota)
Northwestern Carpet Python (M. spilota variegata)
Green Python (M. viridis)
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