Spotted python
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The Spotted python (Antaresia maculosa) is a species of python that lives in northern Australia. It is a small python, with an average adult length of about 100-140 cm found in most types of habitats but prefers rocky hillsides and outcrops with crevices and caves. One of its favorite foods are the insect eating bats that it catches and the entrance of their caves. It is an egg layer that has up to 15 eggs.
It has an irregular, blotched pattern throughout its life. The blotches have ragged edges because the dark pigmentation occurs only in complete scales.
There is one known subspecies Antaresia maculosa brentonologhlini (HOSER 2003). This subspecies lives in northern Queensland between Cairns and Cape York. It has a lighter coloring an grows up to 150 cm. Its common name is Blonde mac.
[edit] Sources
- Mattison, Chris (1999). Snake. DK Publishing. ISBN 0-7894-4660-X.
- Fyfe, Greg & Green, Darren (2003). Keeping Children´s Pythons. Australian Reptile Keeper Publications. ISBN 0-958605076.
[edit] Links
Antaresia.com - the smallest pythons of Australia
Antaresia.info - Information about the smallest pythons of Australia (German website)
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