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
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.