Morellia Madness

[Gio]

Another BIG carpet Down Under.

Nice picture quality too.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...land-home.html

[Bogertophis]

Another BIG carpet Down Under.

Nice picture quality too.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...land-home.html

Very impressive snake!

[Gio]

Spring 2022 on the deck.

This is the very first time Gem has been outside here. She is a Brisbane, locality coastal carpet python.

I'm surprised how beautiful this non-morph, locality animal is. Her colors really pop. Mother Nature provides my favorite colors and patterns.



She was extremely defensive and bit and coiled my glove hand when we got outside.

That said, she looked beautiful.







This guy, Kevin is a Bredli python and he's a chunk. I could not believe how heavy he was today. This animal has boa constrictor density.


The span of the deck rail here is 8 feet. Kevin is not stretched out, but to get perspective I wanted to mention the length of the span. My old girl, Jewel went the full length and a tad more.


Kevin was also a tad defensive today but he calmed quickly.



These two different species are by far my favorites in the carpet group. I will say I do not have experience with Diamond pythons. I'm sure I would enjoy them just the same.
I have to say these Bredli are not only large and impressive, they are also almost bullet proof when it comes to husbandry.

[Bogertophis]

No one can say you're not playing with a full (& beautiful) deck!

[richardhind1972]

Very nice Indeed Gio.
There colours look awsome against the deck rail

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[Gio]

Is it a coincidence or more common than what people think?

Almost every time I search for photos of carpet pythons in the wild, I see large examples. Obviously the big ones get the media attention which isn't surprising. I'm sure there are plenty of smaller specimens to go around too.

Here are two, big combative males. The males that live a long time in the wild will typically be the larger sex according to Nick Mutton. They are more successful in combat if they are larger than their competitor and win the breeding rights.

https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/two-lar...female-2289068

Another photo story that popped.
https://www.newsweek.com/massive-car...n-door-1594637


It makes me miss my big girl.


We shall see if my new crew members here attain a similar size.

I hope to see some more morelia fans pop in here to keep the thread alive.

[jmcrook]

2019 0.1 Rockhampton Locality Coastal
Morelia Mafia 4 Life



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[Gio]

2019 0.1 Rockhampton Locality Coastal
Morelia Mafia 4 Life



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Now we're getting it back!

Summer is here so it is time to load up the pictures!

[jmcrook]

2019 1.0 Brisbane Locality Coastal
Morelia Mafia 4 Life



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[Bogertophis]

2019 1.0 Brisbane Locality Coastal
Morelia Mafia 4 Life



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Love those saddles with black borders- on yours as well as on corn snakes & others. Great looking snake there.