Green Tree Python question and answer – In this video I help answer questions posed by tree python enthusiasts!

{Common names: green tree python.|Morelia viridis is a non-venomous python species found in New Guinea, various islands in Indonesia, and the Cape York Peninsula in Australia. | Completely arboreal with a striking green color. | No subspecies are currently recognized. |Adults average 90-120 cm (3-4 feet) in length, with a maximum grow to about 213 cm (7 ft). | The supralabial scales have thermoreceptive pits. |The color pattern is vivid green with a broken vertebral stripe of white or dull yellow. | Spots of the same color, or blue spots, may be scattered over the body. | Cyanomorphs are also known to occur. |Found in Indonesia (Misool, Salawati, Aru Islands, Schouten Islands, most of Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea (including nearby islands from sea level to 1,800 m elevation, Normanby Island and the dEntrecasteaux Islands) and Australia (Queensland along the east coast of the Cape York Peninsula). | The type locality given is Aroe-eilanden (Aru Islands, Indonesia). | The diet consists of small mammals, such as rodents, and sometimes reptiles. | Despite many references in the literature, it does not include birds. | Switak conducted field work on this issue and in examining stomach contents of more than 1,000 animals he did not find any evidence of avian prey items. | Prey is captured by holding onto a branch using the prehensile tail and striking out from an s-shape position. | Oviparous, with 12-25 eggs per clutch. | The eggs are incubated and protected by the female, often in in the hollow of a tree. | Hatchlings are usually lemon yellow with broken stripes and spots of purple and brown, although golden or orange individuals may appear in the same clutch. | In all cases, the color soon turns to green as snakes mature. | These snakes are often bred and kept in captivity, although they are usually considered an advanced species. | This is due to their specific care requirements, but once these are met they thrive in captivity. | The second reason they are considered advanced is from wild caught individuals that often carry parasites and rarely tame down, although captive bred individuals usually calm down. |This species is sympatric with M. | spilota and the two often compete in the same ecological niche. | Primarily arboreal, these snakes have a particular way of resting in the branches of trees; they loop a coil or two over the branches in a saddle position and place their head in the middle. | This trait is shared with the emerald tree boa, Corallus caninus, of South America. | This habit, along with their appearance, has caused people to confuse the two species when seen outside their natural habitat. |The largest threat to the species is habitat destruction, particularly in Western New Guinea, which is currently occupied by Indonesia and is being logged by the Indonesian government. | Many of these old growth forests that they live in are also inhabited by native papuan tribes who eat the snakes. |Common names: Chondro python.|Morelia viridis is a non-venomous python species found in New Guinea, various islands in Indonesia, and the Cape York Peninsula in Australia. | Completely arboreal with a striking green color. | No subspecies are currently recognized. |Adults average 90-120 cm (3-4 feet) in length, with a maximum grow to about 213 cm (7 ft). | The supralabial scales have thermoreceptive pits. |The color pattern is vivid green with a broken vertebral stripe of white or dull yellow. | Spots of the same color, or blue spots, may be scattered over the body. | Cyanomorphs are also known to occur. |Found in Indonesia (Misool, Salawati, Aru Islands, Schouten Islands, most of Western New Guinea), Papua New Guinea (including nearby islands from sea level to 1,800 m elevation, Normanby Island and the dEntrecasteaux Islands) and Australia (Queensland along the east coast of the Cape York Peninsula). | The type locality given is Aroe-eilanden (Aru Islands, Indonesia). | The diet consists of small mammals, such as rodents, and sometimes reptiles. | Despite many references in the literature, it does not include birds. | Switak conducted field work on this issue and in examining stomach contents of more than 1,000 animals he did not find any evidence of avian prey items. | Prey is captured by holding onto a branch using the prehensile tail and striking out from an s-shape position. | Oviparous, with 12-25 eggs per clutch. | The eggs are incubated and protected by the female, often in in the hollow of a tree. | Hatchlings are usually lemon yellow with broken stripes and spots of purple and brown, although golden or orange individuals may appear in the same clutch. | In all cases, the color soon turns to green as snakes mature. | These snakes are often bred and kept in captivity, although they are usually considered an advanced species. | This is due to their specific care requirements, but once these are met they thrive in captivity. | The second reason they are considered advanced is from wild caught individuals that often carry parasites and rarely tame down, although captive bred individuals usually calm down. |This species is sympatric with M. | spilota and the two often compete in the same ecological niche. | Primarily arboreal, these snakes have a particular way of resting in the branches of trees; they loop a coil or two over the branches in a saddle position and place their head in the middle. | This trait is shared with the emerald tree boa, Corallus caninus, of South America. | This habit, along with their appearance, has caused people to confuse the two species when seen outside their natural habitat. |The largest threat to the species is habitat destruction, particularly in Western New Guinea, which is currently occupied by Indonesia and is being logged by the Indonesian government. | Many of these old growth forests that they live in are also inhabited by native papuan tribes who eat the snakes. |||||||||||||}