Black Python
Simalia boeleni
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Constrictor
- Type
- Python
- Family
- Pythonidae
- Genus
- Simalia
- Continents
- Oceania
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Rare
About
Black Python (Simalia boeleni) is a non-venomous python of the family Pythonidae, found in Papua New Guinea. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 2 more. Rare: no confirmed iNaturalist sightings.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
Related snakes
- Scrub Python (amethistina) Simalia amethistina
- Kinghorn's Scrub Python Simalia kinghorni
- Tanimbar Python Simalia nauta
- Halmahera Python Simalia tracyae
- Southern Moluccan python Simalia clastolepis
- Green Python Morelia azurea
- Northern White-Lipped Python Leiopython albertisii
- Papuan Olive Python Apodora papuana
- Papuan Spotted Python Antaresia papuensis
- Savu python Liasis savuensis
- Liasis dunni
- Children's Python Antaresia childreni
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.