Photo of a Spotted Python (Antaresia maculosa)
Photo: cirolana, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Python
Family
Pythonidae
Genus
Antaresia
Continents
Oceania
Countries
1
How common
Common

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About

Spotted Python (Antaresia maculosa) is a non-venomous python of the family Pythonidae, found in Australia. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical seasonal forest, subtropical forest and 25 more. Common: recorded in 276 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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