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STIMSON'S PYTHON FACTS |
Description
Stimson's python (Antaresia stimsoni) is a species of python endemic to Australia. It is a non-venomous snakes that traps and asphyxiates prey. It is contained by a group without well developed heat-sensing pits, these are only found at the lips. Small and terrestrial, adults grow up to about 110 cm (43 in) in length. They have 35-49 rows of dorsal scales at midbody, 240-305 ventral scales and 30-45 subcaudal scales. The subcaudals are mostly or entirely divided, while the anal scale is single.
Size
1.1m
Habitat
occupies crevices, hollows, and holes made by other creatures in termite mounds. It is often recorded at rocky hills or other habitat providing good cover.
Food
small lizards, frogs, and mammals
Breeding
Oviparous, with females laying clutches of 7-10 eggs. Females incubate their eggs in typical python fashion by wrapping their bodies around the clutch, leaving only to warm in the sun or when the eggs have hatched.
Range
This species is found in Australia from the coast of Western Australia through central regions of all states (except Victoria) as far as the Great Dividing Range, but is not found in the far north, extreme south, or east.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Serpentes) | | Family: | Pythonidae | | Genus: | Antaresia | | Species: | stimsoni | | Common Name: | Stimson's Python |
Relatives in same Genus
Children's python (A. childreni)
Spotted Python (A. maculosa)
Pygmy python (A. perthensis)
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