Carpet Python

Morelia spilota mcdowelli

The carpet Python has a large head distinct from the neck, it is an egg layer producing up to 47 eggs in a clutch. The female coil round the eggs for protection and incubation.

 

Mating takes place at least a month before eggs are laid, and the male and female part company as soon as the mating is finished.

 

The female will defend her eggs and can become very aggressive, Goannas being the main predator.

 

 

 

 

The young measure about 300millimeters and weigh approximately 15gram. All Pythons are non-venomous, and constrict their prey, which mainly consist of small mammals and birds.

 

 

Python resting after eating a few chickens in our chicken pen whch has now been puthon proofed .

 

 

Reference

"Graeme Gow's complete guide to Australian Snakes":Cornstalk Publishing.

Richard Shine - "Australian Snakes anatural History".Reed Books Australia

 

 

 

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