Kinghorn's Scrub Python
Simalia kinghorni
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Constrictor
- Type
- Python
- Family
- Pythonidae
- Genus
- Simalia
- Continents
- Oceania
- Countries
- 2
- How common
- Common
About
Kinghorn's Scrub Python (Simalia kinghorni) is a non-venomous python of the family Pythonidae, found in Australia, Papua New Guinea. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical seasonal forest and 22 more. Common: recorded in 156 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Eucalyptus Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Dry Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Coastal Scrub
- New Guinea Lowland Rainforest
- New Guinea Montane Rainforest
- Queensland Tropical Rainforest
- Queensland Wet Tropics
- Australian Eucalyptus Woodland
- Australian Savanna
- Australian Mulga Woodland
Related snakes
- Scrub Python (amethistina) Simalia amethistina
- Tanimbar Python Simalia nauta
- Halmahera Python Simalia tracyae
- Southern Moluccan python Simalia clastolepis
- Black Python Simalia boeleni
- 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.