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INLAND CARPET PYTHON
also called
Murray Darling Carpet Snake
or Victorian Carpet Snake

Morelia spilota variegata
(or Morelia spilota metcalfei)
(Subspecies status uncertain)

"There have been various proposals to further split variegata into additional subspecies but these have not been tested in any way" - Australian Society of Herpetologists November 2023


Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Gammon Range patterning) (Morelia spilota metcalfei) also known as (Morelia spilota variegata) photographed at Prestige Pythons
Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Gammon Range patterning) (Morelia spilota metcalfei) also known as (Morelia spilota variegata) photographed at Reptile Creative, Edwardstown, South Australia


 Distribution of Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Morelia spilota metcalfei) also known as (Morelia spilota variegata)
Distribution of Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Morelia spilota metcalfei) also known as (Morelia spilota variegata) (Qld, NSW, Vic, SA) is Reddish Brown in the map above and is approximate only!
Note that the distribution map is a very rough guide only, in some areas there are intergrades between the subspecies, and snakes from those areas may be hard to categorize as they may have characteristics of more than one subspecies.

Also note that the Centralian Carpet Snake, (Morelia bredli) was downgraded to a subspecies for a while but has now regained its full species status and is not shown on this map, - Click here for distribution map of (Morelia bredli)

ALTERNATE DISTRIBUTION MAP

This map shows the alternate map if you want to use the subspecies as listed by the Australian Society of Herpetologists November 2023, which currently only recognises 2 subspecies


 Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Morelia spilota metcalfei) also known as (Morelia spilota variegata) (Captive animal)
Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Morelia spilota metcalfei) also known as (Morelia spilota variegata) (Captive animal)


Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Morelia spilota metcalfei) also known as (Morelia spilota variegata) photographed at Prestige Pythons
Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Morelia spilota metcalfei) also known as (Morelia spilota variegata) photographed at Reptile Creative, Edwardstown, South Australia

Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Morelia spilota metcalfei) also known as (Morelia spilota variegata) (Captive animal)
Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Morelia spilota metcalfei) also known as (Morelia spilota variegata) (Captive animal)


This Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Morelia spilota metcalfei)also known as (Morelia spilota variegata) is from the Flinders, Ranges, South Australia
This Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Morelia spilota metcalfei)also known as (Morelia spilota variegata) is from the Flinders, Ranges, South Australia

This Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Morelia spilota metcalfei) also known as (Morelia spilota variegata)is from the Flinders, Ranges, South Australia. 
This Murray Darling Carpet Snake (Morelia spilota metcalfei) also known as (Morelia spilota variegata)is from the Flinders, Ranges, South Australia.

Information sign at Snake Gully, Waikerie, South Australia
Information sign on the Clifftop Walk at Snake Gully, Waikerie, South Australia


Information sign in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Information sign in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia


LINKS OF INTEREST

Morelia spilota LACEPEDE, 1804)
The Reptile Database

"There have been various proposals to further split variegata into additional subspecies but these have not been tested in any way" - Australian Society of Herpetologists November 2023

INFORMATION ABOUT AUSTRALIAN PYTHONS
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Carpet Python Complex
Morelia spilota, Morelia bredli, Morelia imbricata

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