Photo of a Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis)
Photo: Richard D Reams, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Python
Family
Pythonidae
Genus
Morelia
Continents
Oceania, Asia
Countries
3
How common
Recorded in 20 places on iNaturalist

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About

Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) is a non-venomous python of the family Pythonidae, found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical seasonal forest and 23 more. Recorded in 20 places on iNaturalist.

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.

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