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    Species Accepted

    Morelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804)

    Carpet python

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      MexicoYes

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      36 results
      Carpet python English
      Carpet/Diamond Python English
      Coastal Carpet Python
      Darwin Carpet Python
      Diamantpython German
      Diamond Python English
      Diamond Python
      Dschungel-Teppichpython
      Inland Carpet Python
      McDowell's Carpet Python

      Treatments

      1 result

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      107 results
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      Cogger, H. G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, Xxx + 1033 Pp.
      Bergadá, J. (2005). Morelia spilota - Carpet Python; Diamond Python (Lacépède, 1804). Reptilia (GB) (42): 43-46.
      Hingley, Kevin J. & Mark Hemmings. (1995). Breeding results: Morelia spilota variegata - Carpet python. Litteratura Serpentium 15 (3): 79.
      Swan, G., Sadlier, R., & Shea, G. (2017). A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 Pp.
      VIEIRA BATISTA, AKSA INGRID; LUCAS MICAEL FREIRE PEREIRA, JOSÉ ALVIM DE MELO NETO, THIAGO ZUMBA BATISTA DOS SANTOS, ÍTALO DE SOUZA ARAÚJO, JONATHAN MÁRCIO SOARES DA SILVA & FABIANO ROCHA PRAZERES JÚNIOR. (2021). Vesicular dermatitis caused by multirresistent Pseudomonas spp. in the carpet python (Morelia spilota Lacepede, 1804) (Squamata: Pythonidae) – case report. Research, Society and Development 10(13): E205101320966–E205101320966.
      Biswas, A., Ghosh, A., & Agashe, M. (2025). In ’hot’pursuit: exploring the evolutionary ecology of labial pits in boas and pythons. Proceedings B, 292(2045), 20250199.
      Franz, V. (2003). Pythons of the World. Reptilia (GB) (27): 16-23.
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      Hoser, R. (2003). A reclassification of the pythoninae including the descriptions of two new genera, two new species and nine new subspecies. Part I. [see also part II.]. Crocodilian 4 (3) (November 2003): 31-37.

      Citation

      Morelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804) in undefined