Australian Carpet Python Morphs

Care level is intermediate.

Australian carpet python morphs. Coastal carpet pythons morelia spilota mcdowelli populate a very large area from the northern cape york peninsula in queensland down the east coast of australia to the north eastern corner of new south wales about 60 70 miles south of brisbane. Very popular breeding project is the diamond x jungle carpet python. Morphmarket currently has 238 carpet pythons for sale listed by 59 carpet python sellers in the united states. Though it is a cross of the m.

They can be found on the island of new guinea north of australia. Inland carpet python morphs morelia spilota metcalfei. Hypomelanistic carpet pythons also known as hypos belong to the newest carpet python morphs available to us outside of australia. Carpet pythons are a large snake found in australia and surrounding islands.

They come in a number of brightly colorful subspecies and grow 5 9 feet long. Centralian python morphs morelia bredli. Specialising in australia s best pythons and their morphs about me. In 1994 after several years of breeding coastal carpet pythons he produced an unusual looking carpet python.

In this mutation the jaguar is the visual intermediate heterozygous form. Photo by the snake ranch. In 1997 he named the morph the jaguar and set out to see if it was recessive or incomplete dominant. Native to australia in new south wales and far east of victoria.

Their habitat is as variable as it is huge and ranges from eucalypt forests and rain forests to man made structures in more populated areas. Sp the housing requirements are the same as a. Axanthic photo by roger lester crosses combo and designer morphs of the carpet complex. These animals display greatly reduced markings and look totally different to the wild type animals.

The jaguar coastal carpet python is probably the most understood of these incomplete dominant mutations. The irian jaya carpet python is the only sub species that is found outside of australia. Photo by darrian whitacker. It has taken many years of hard work and commitment to establish the collection of pythons that i have today.

After keeping and breeding a large variety of reptiles. The carpet python can be found throughout much of coastal australia. While their range extends inland they generally aren t found throughout much of central australia. The jaguar mutation seems to be an extremely variable incomplete dominant gene as the first generation offspring have.

Itis lists six the reptile database seven and the iucn eight. The most southerly occurring python in the world and live at the highest altitudes of all carpet pythons. Darwin carpet python morphs morelia spilota variegata. Morelia spilota commonly referred to as the carpet python or diamond python is a large snake of the family pythonidae found in australia new guinea indonesia and papua new guinea bismarck archipelago and the northern solomon islands.

I was an active reptile keeper in england since my early teens and had the opportunity to learn firsthand from some of the world s best keepers over the years.