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The spotted python, eastern small-blotched python, or eastern Children's python (Antaresia maculosa) is a python species found in northern Australia and New Guinea. [2] It is a popular pet among Australian reptile enthusiasts and other reptile enthusiasts abroad due to its small size and even temperament. No subspecies were originally recognized.
Antaresia papuensis, the Papuan spotted python, is a species of small python native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia. It can grow to lengths of up to 108 cm (43 in), with a maximum tail length of 9.5 cm (3.7 in). It forms a light stripe in the latter third of its body where there is insufficient space between patches or spots.
The genus is known by the common name Children's pythons, the name of the type species, Antaresia childreni. Gray named A. childreni in honour of his mentor, John George Children , who was a curator of the zoological collection at the British Museum around that time.
This is a list of all extant genera, species, and subspecies of the snakes of the family Pythonidae, otherwise referred to as pythonids or true pythons.It follows the taxonomy currently provided by ITIS, [1] which is based on the continuing work of Roy McDiarmid [2] and has been updated with additional recently described species.
They come in all shapes and sizes. Some walk, some slither, some fly and some swim. Humans are blessed to share the planet with just over 2.1 million recognized species of animals. And scientists ...
“I catch more pythons when that happens,” Aycock explained. Aycock, a contractor with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, has hunted Burmese pythons in the Everglades for 11 ...
Children's python (Antaresia childreni) is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is named after John George Children . It is a nocturnal species occurring in the northern half of Australia and generally found on the ground, although it often climbs trees.
Wildlife conservators found 500 pounds of pythons in a single day last month in Collier County, Florida.. The 11 Burmese pythons were found Feb. 21 in three different breeding aggregations, or ...