Common names: Bredl's python, Centralian python, Centralian carpet python, central Australian carpet python, bredls carpet python, central Australian bredls carpet python and the central bredls carpet python.

Morelia bredli is a non-venomous python species

Species

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 found in Australia

Australia

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. No subspecies

Subspecies

Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...

 are currently recognized.

Description

This is a heavily-built species with adults approaching or exceeding 2 metres or 6ft 5 inches in length. Many captive specimens have been recorded at 3 metres or 9ft 9 inches and slightly above. The color pattern consists of a brown-to-reddish ground color with a highly variable pattern of pale intrusions. There are normally black borders around the intrusions that become more extensive around the tail. The belly is yellowish to pale cream.

Geographic range

Found in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 in the mountains of southern Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

. The type locality given is "Pitchie Ritchie Park, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia (23°42', 133°51').

Habitat

Prefers very arid desert areas. Normally arboreal inhabiting ranges and rocky outcrops.