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REPTILES OF THE WORLD SPECIES LISTS


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GREEN TREE PYTHON
SOUTHERN GREEN TREE PYTHON
AUSTRALIAN GREEN PYTHON

Morelia (was Chondropython) viridis
FROM AUSTRALIA AND SOUTHERN NEW GUINEA
and
NORTHERN GREEN TREE PYTHON
Morelia azurea (was Chondropython azureus)

FROM NORTHERN NEW GUINEA (INCLUDES BIAK)
ALTHOUGH THE NORTHERN GREEN TREE PYTHON DOES NOT OCCUR NATURALLY IN AUSTRALIA IT IS AVAILABLE IN THE PET TRADE (AS BIAK GREEN TREE PYTHON (Morelia viridis).

Southern Green Python (Morelia viridis) Adult
Adult Southern Green Python (Morelia viridis), photographed next to a rodent burrow in the Iron Range, Cape York, Qld.

 

 
This shows the approximate Australian distribution of (Morelia viridis) only.
both species of Green Pythons occur in New Guinea and Indonesia

Southern Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) Juvenile photographed in the Iron Range, Cape York, Qld.
Southern Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) Juvenile photographed in the Iron Range, Cape York, Qld.


Southern Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) photographed at the National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara)
Southern Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) photographed at the National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara)


Southern Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) photographed at Reptile Creative, Edwardstown, South Australia
Southern Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) photographed at Reptile Creative, Edwardstown, South Australia


GREEN TREE PYTHON Morelia viridis
Adult Southern Green Python (Morelia viridis)


Green Python (Morelia viridis) photographed at Alligator Bay near Mont Saint Michel, France
Green Python (Morelia viridis) photographed at Alligator Bay (Reptile Park) near Mont Saint Michel, France



Young Southern Green Python (Morelia viridis) photographed in the Iron Range, Cape York, Qld.


Young Southern Green Python (Morelia viridis) photographed at Prestige Pythons
Young Southern Green Python (Morelia viridis) photographed at Reptile Creative, Edwardstown, South Australia


GREEN TREE PYTHON Morelia viridis
Southern Green Python (Morelia viridis) Adult.


GREEN TREE PYTHON Morelia viridis juvenile
Southern Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) Juvenile.


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