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Three males and two females were collected and transferred to the [[Australian Reptile Park]] in 2000 and had produced 71 offspring by 2012. These in turn had produced another offspring.<ref name=Porter2012/>
==Distribution and habitat==
Found in [[Australia]], northwestern [[Western Australia]] in the lower sections of the [[Mitchell River National Park (Western Australia)|Mitchell]] and [[Hunter River (Western Australia)|Hunter Rivers]], just inland from the coast.<ref name="Porter2012">{{cite journal |last1=Porter |first1=R. |last2=Weigel |first2=J. |last3=Shine |first3=R. |title=Natural history of the rough-scaled python, ''Morelia carinata'' (Serpentes: Pythonidae) |journal=Australian Zoologist |date=January 2012 |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=137–142 |url=https://publications.rzsnsw.org.au/doi/pdf/10.7882/AZ.2012.024}}</ref>
The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "[[Mitchell River (Western Australia)|Mitchell River Falls]], Western Australia (14°50'S, 125°42'E)" [Australia].<ref name="McD99"/>
They are found in rocky [[valley]]s of [[Kimberley (Western Australia)|Kimberley]] region in far northern [[Western Australia]] where they climb on low [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s of monsoon [[rainforest]]. The species has one of the smallest distributions of any snake.<ref name=arp>{{cite web|url=https://reptilepark.com.au/animals/reptiles/snakes/python/rough-scaled-python/|title=Rough-scaled python Scientific Name: ''Morelia carinata''|accessdate=2 February 2019|publisher=[[Australian Reptile Park]]|year=2018}}</ref> They are present in the [[Charnley River–Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary]] in the Kimberley region.<ref name=awcwww>{{cite web | title=Charnley River – Artesian Range: ACE | website=[[Australian Wildlife Conservancy]] | url=https://www.australianwildlife.org/where-we-work/charnley-river/ | access-date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
The species is often associated with fruit-bearing trees, possibly indicating a preference of ambush sites for [[herbivorous]] animals, and also close to permanent freshwater.<ref name=Porter2012/>
==Behavior==
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