WESTERN CARPET PYTHON

 

Photographed in Stirling Ranges, Western Australia.

178                      WESTERN CARPET PYTHON                   Morelia imbricata

AUSTRALIAN SNAKE                  41

Widespread though patchy through sw WA n to Geraldton and Houtmann Abrolhos and e to Eyreincluding Garden Island and Archipelago of the Recherche. Disjunct population in SA on Eyre Peninsula and St Francis Island. Wide range of habitat including woodlands, heaths and rock outcrops. Near threatened in WA.