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	 Carpet Python (Morelia spilota variegata)
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| Subject: | Carpet Python (Morelia spilota variegata) 
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| Morelia spilota, commonly referred to as carpet python and diamond pythons, is a large snake of the family Pythonidae found in Australia, New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea), Bismarck Archipelago, and the northern Solomon Islands.
 
 Morelia spilota variegata is a subspecies of carpet python found in New Guinea and Australia, smaller than the nominate subspecies Morelia spilota spilota and has a more restricted geographic range.
 
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 |  |  | Guest |  |  | Scientific Name:	Morelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804) Common Names: Carpet Python, Diamond Python, Western Australian Carpet Python
 Synonyms:
 Coluber spilotus Lacépède, 1804
 Morelia argus Duméril & Bibron, 1844
 Morelia metcalfei Wells & Wellington, 1985
 Morelia variegata Gray, 1842
 Python perronii Wagler, 1828
 Python punctatus Merrem, 1820
 Python spilotes (Lacépède, 1804)
 |  |  |  | Guest |  |  | Common names of Morelia spilota variegata include carpet python, Northwestern carpet python, Irian Jaya carpet python, West Papuan carpet python, Proserpine carpet python. | 
 
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