Pictured below are Monty & Pythia, Coastal Carpet Pythons.
Rita is handling the very placid 3 year old female Pythia while Lionel is 'wrestling' the spirited 4 year old male 'Monty'
FACT FILE
The Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia Spilota McDowelli) is one of the widest and most commonly distributed python species in Australia.
A heavy bodied snake, this species is known to grow up to 4 meters in length (even longer specimens have been noted), the average length though seems to be around 3 metres.
It has also been known for the Diamond Python and the Coastal Carpet Python to interbreed which is uncommon in most other reptile species.
The colours and patterns of the Coastal Carpet Python can vary greatly, even within one area. The colours may include olives, dark greens, light greens, yellowy greens, browns and blacks, or sometimes a blueish/silver/grey colour.
Patterns can be blotches, stripes or sometimes even rings of colours with what appear to be numbers or letter shaped markings.
Their colour and patterns are at their most vibrant immediately after, and within a week of sloughing of their old skin.
They are known for living in the roofs of houses, feeding on vermin, birds, possums and bats.
