Rough-scaled python: Difference between revisions

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==Captivity==

They are now available to private owners, originating from a few wild caught specimens, as it was found they breed readily in captivity.

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=azoo/>

==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=azoo>{{cite web|url=http://publications.rzsnsw.org.au/doi/pdf/10.7882/AZ.2012.024|title=Natural history of the rough-scaled python, Morelia carinata (Serpentes: Pythonidae)|author=Robert Porter, ,John Weigel and Richard Shine|work=Australian Zoolgist|volume=36|publisher=Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales}}</ref>

The [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "Mitchell River Falls, Western Australia (14°50'S, 125°42'E)" [Australia].<ref name="McD99"/>

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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>

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

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==Behavior==

So far reported to be strictly [[crepuscular]]. The temperament is quite docile with rarely any attempts to bite.