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The type of animal you see when going for a hike in Australia 🇦🇺
Quick facts:
1. After laying up to 15 eggs, the female coils herself around them and shivers- vibrating all her muscles to keep the eggs warms.
2. Most commonly seen snake in QLD.
3. The are non-venomous but can still bite you hard.
4. They are named after their markings, which ressembles an oriental carpet pattern 🤔
5. Females can be up to 4 time heavier than makes
Liasis Mackloti Savuensis
Non venimeux (aglyphe)
Répartition : Ile de Sawu (Indonésie)
Taille adulte : 1.10 m
Biotope : zones boisées et herbeuses, près de points d'eau
Particularités et mode de vie : ce python timide a une petite taille adaptée aux petites proies de son île. Il est facilement identifiable grâce à la coloration blanche de ses yeux.
Régime alimentaire : rongeurs, oiseaux
Reproduction : espèce ovipare, 15 oeufs
This guy was hiding out of the rain in a rock face next to a bushwalking trail. I didn't get too close - this image is cropped.
I think it might be a Diamond Python - Morelia spilota spilota - any snake experts out there?
Carpet pythons are not rare where we live in the Gold Coast hinterland. This is one that came to visit in 2014.
Reticulated pythons hold the world record as the longest snake, sometimes reaching lengths up to 10meters. The Anaconda holds the record as the heaviest snake. While their size makes them slow movers, they can still strike at lightning fast speeds. Like all pythons, they are non-venomous. Instead they have backward curved teeth which grab their prey like a fork. The python then wraps around the prey, not crushing but suffocating it. Each time the prey breathes in the python constricts tighter until the animal can no longer take a breath. Reticulated pythons will eat small mammal, birds and larger animals such as deer and pigs. After a large meal, they may not eat for several months.
Reticulated pythons are found in moist environments such as rainforests and wetlands. Ideally this python prefers temperatures between 24 and 34 degrees celsius and high humidity. These snakes often spend time in bodies of water as they provide the perfect hiding spot to ambush prey. It is also easier for a large snake to move in water rather than land. Smaller reticulated pythons retreat to trees and sometimes crevices in caves.
Like most pythons, the reticulated python is oviparous meaning it lays eggs. Unlike most snakes, the reticulated python female remains coiled above the incubating eggs in order to provide warmth. She will basically ‘shiver’ her body to create warmth.
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