Photo of a Scrub Python (amethistina) (Simalia amethistina)
Photo: Mehd Halaouate, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Scrub Python (amethistina)

Simalia amethistina

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Python
Family
Pythonidae
Genus
Simalia
Continents
Asia
Countries
1
How common
Recorded in 55 places on iNaturalist

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About

Scrub Python (amethistina) (Simalia amethistina) is a non-venomous python of the family Pythonidae, found in Indonesia. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, evergreen forest and 2 more. Recorded in 55 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.

Related snakes

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