Green Tree Python Morelia viridis

Green Tree Python
Green Tree Python
Green Tree Python
The Green Tree Python is native to tropical forests of New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia's Cape York.
Green Tree Python
Green Tree Python
Green Tree Python
It is mainly arboreal and spends much of the day drapped over a branch in a particular coiled up pattern with its head in the middle, as does South America's Emerald Tree Boa.
Green Tree Python
Green Tree Python
Green Tree Python
It can grow to some 2 metres length. Diet is small mammals and reptiles. Mothers guard and brood their eggs before they hatch. Juveniles are yellow or red.
Green Tree Python
Green Tree Python
Green Tree Python
Like the Emerald Tree Boa, it has a northern and southern race (though the same species) and can have a white dorsal stripe or not.