Quote Originally Posted by Daybreaker View Post
From the article Aaron posted:

"Coastal or Queensland Carpets (M. s. mcdowelli)
These grow the largest. Although some females have been known to grow to 10 or 11 feet in length (and maybe even more), most adults stay in the range of 7-9 feet."
False - normaly they grow within the same range as Jungles, sometimes slightly larger, but in most cases there is a small difference in captivity. Larger growing coastals come from the southern region of their range (if memory serves). It's just like saying Irian Jaya, M. s. harrisoni, are the smallest growing These actually can grow to 7ft in a nice size female. Note they are not known for engaging in male to male combat, so natural selection has geared toward larger females.

The largest growing carpet pythons by definition would be M. bredli, which is arguablly a different sub species :-), but the largest growing Morelia would be the Scrub Python. None the less, a 7-9 ft coastal is NOT a common site.