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Diamond Python ( Morelia spilota spilota )

Diamond Python | Morelia spilota spilota photo

Diamond python

Image by OhanaUnited - Some rights reserved.

Diamond Python | Morelia spilota spilota photo

Diamond Python around ring tail possum, near Dungog, NSW, Australia

Image by Ros Runciman - Some rights reserved.

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DIAMOND PYTHON FACTS

Classification

Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata (Serpentes)
Family:	Boidae
Genus:	Morelia
Species:	spilota spilota
Common Name:	Diamond Python

Relatives in same Genus
  Amythystine Python (M. amethistina)
  Carpet Python (M. spilota)
  Centralian Carpet Python (M. spilota bredli)
  Jungle Carpet python (M. spilota cheynei)
  Coastal Carpet Python (M. spilota mcdowelli)
  Inland Carpet Python (M. spilota metcalfei)
  Northwestern Carpet Python (M. spilota variegata)
  Green Python (M. viridis)