Carpet Python

• GeneralA common sight in Australian roof spaces, where it hunts rats.
• It is a de facto house snake across much of rural Australia: it takes up residence in roofs and barns hunting rats and possums, and many owners would rather leave it be than have it removed.
• The female incubates the clutch coiled around it for almost two months without eating, generating heat by muscular contraction to keep the eggs above ambient temperature.
• Its subspecies vary so much that the New Guinea form and the south-western Australian one look like different animals, and several have been proposed as species in their own right.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (reptile)

Habitat and environment

Woodland, scrub, rocky outcrops, barns and suburban gardens of Australia and New Guinea

Sexual maturity

3 years

Gestation / incubation

2.1 months

Litter / clutch size

20 eggs

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morelia_spilota

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.