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Morelia viridis (Green tree python)

Synonyms: Chondropython pulcher (heterotypic); Chondropython viridis; Chondropython viridis adelynhoserae; Chondropython viridis shireenae; Python viridis

Wikipedia Abstract

Morelia viridis, commonly known as the green tree python, or as it is known in the herpetoculture hobby, chondro (due to its former classification in the genus Chondropython) is a species of python found in New Guinea, islands in Indonesia, and Cape York Peninsula in Australia.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.863 lbs (3.113 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  9 grams
Egg Length [1]  1.535 inches (39 mm)
Egg Width [1]  1.024 inches (26 mm)
Gestation [1]  60 days
Litter Size [1]  16
Maximum Longevity [2]  21 years

Ecoregions

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Armillifer aborealis[3]
Ophidascaris niuguiniensis <Unverified Name>[4]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0