- Where to see one
- 5 U.S. zoos in our directory hold carpet python, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the carpet python
The carpet python is a large snake found across Australia, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the northern Solomon Islands. Adults usually measure 2 to 4 m (6.6 to 13.1 ft) and weigh up to 15 kg (33 lb), with females often much heavier than males. Colouring is highly variable, from olive to black with white, cream and gold markings in diamond-shaped or banded patterns. It favours life in trees but also basks on open ground, and kills small mammals, birds and lizards by constriction. Females lay 10 to 50 eggs and coil around them, using muscular contractions to generate heat.
Carpet Python facts
- In some regions, female carpet pythons are up to four times heavier than males.
- Females incubate their eggs by coiling around them and contracting their muscles to produce heat.
- The species occupies habitats from northeastern Queensland rainforest to arid, treeless islands off South Australia.
- It often lives near people, where it eats rats and other vermin.
Where to see carpet python in the U.S.
5 zoos across 4 states
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