Species profile—Morelia spilota (carpet python)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Boidae (pythons) → Morelia spilota (carpet python)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Boidae (pythons)
- Scientific name
- Morelia spilota (Lacepede, 1804)
- Common name
- carpet python
- WildNet taxon ID
- 519
- Synonym(s)
- Morelia bredli
Morelia spilota cheynei
Morelia spilota metcalfei
Morelia spilota mcdowelli - Alternate name(s)
- diamond python
carpet snake - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=519.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
