...Denis A. Saunders; Peter R. Mawson; Rick Dawson * Corresponding author: [email protected] Predation by Southwestern Carpet Python Morelia spilota imbricata of Carnaby s Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris in a breeding hollow Denis A. Saunders1*, Peter R. Mawson2, and Rick Dawson3...

...Mark Fitzgerald; Richard Shine ABSTRACT Carpet Pythons ( Morelia spilota ) exhibit substantial geographic variation not only in size and colour, but also in mating systems: reproductive males in some populations battle with their rivals, whereas courting males in other locations tolerate...

...Robert Porter; John Weigel; Richard Shine Although the rough-scaled python Morelia carinata of north western Australia is one of the most morphologically distinctive python species worldwide, it remains virtually unstudied. Our fieldtrips have increased the number of animals seen in the wild from 2...

... such as possums and rats, flying foxes and other birds (Riddell 2021). A number of other pythons are also known to eat large birds, such as carpet pythons (Morelia spilota) (Fearn et al. 2001), green tree pythons (Morelia viridis) and scrub pythons (Morelia amethistina) (Freeman and Freeman 2007) and largely feed...

..., western and northern faunal assemblages. Species of particular conservation concern found in the Pilliga Forest include the threatened Hoplocephalus bitorquatus , near-threatened Pseudophryne bibronii and declining woodland reptiles such as Ctenotus allotropis , Diporiphora nobbi , Morelia spilota...

...Gregory P. Brown; Jeremy Hemphill; Richard Shine ABSTRACT We describe a case of a free-ranging Carpet Python Morelia spilota consuming a toxic Cane Toad Rhinella marina , and dying as a result. Such an encounter would not be surprising at the toad invasion front, where predators first confront...

.... Western Australian Wildlife Management Program No. 36 Pearson, D. J. 2002. The ecology and conservation of the south-western Australian carpet python, Morelia spilota imbricata. PhD Thesis, University of Sydney, NSW. The ecology and conservation of the south-western Australian carpet python...

... of declining woodland reptile species (Nobbi Diporiphora nobbi , Australian Coral Snake Brachyurophis australis and Inland Carpet Python Morelia spilota metcalfei ), locally rare species (Excitable Delma Delma tincta and Southern Rainbow Skink Carlia tetradactyla ) and edge of range species (Litter Skink...

... and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, which is administered by the Australian Department of the Environment and Figure 3. Endemic to northeastern Queensland, a Jungle Carpet Python Morelia spilota cheynei is clearly an escaped pet when found in suburban Sydney. Photo, M. Mo. Figure 2. Long-lived species like...

... Blind Snake Anilios nigrescens (Scanlon and Davidson 1999), Red-naped Snakes Furina diadema (Mo 2019), Diamond Pythons Morelia spilota spilota (Shine and Fitzgerald 1995) and Eastern Small-eyed Snakes Cryptophis nigrescens (Scott et al. 2013). There are limited documented examples of communal...

... for habitat descriptions of each site. Table 2. Species caught in pit traps at Mutawintji NP. Antaresia stimsoni 2 2 2 Morelia spilota metcalfei 1 1 1 Family Elapidae Brachyurophis fasciolatus 2 2 2 Furina diadema 2 2 1 1 Pseudechis australis 3 2 1 3 Pseudonaja nuchalis 4 4 4 Family Hylidae Litoria caerulea...

... 1994 326 346 Shine, R. and Fitzgerald, M., 1995. Variation in mating systems and sexual size dimorphism between populations of the Australian python Morelia spilota (Serpentes: Pythonidae). Oecologia 103: 490-498. Variation in mating systems and sexual size dimorphism between populations...

... of their distribution on the far south coast of NSW; two (L. platynoturn and S. tenuis) are not known south of the survey area, and others such as A. antarticus, Tiiqua scincoides, Morelia spilota, P. textilis, Pygopus lepidopodus, Mkophyes balbus, Heleioporus australiacus and Litoria peroni only marginally extend 2...

... Morelia bredli 48 Morelia spilota mcdowelli Centralian Carpet Python Morelia spilota spilota 2 Eastern Carpet Python 1 Diamond Python 7 62 AuZstoraolilaongist volume 41 (1) 2020 Managing non-releasable animals following rehabilitation Common name Scientific name Number held Dendrelaphis punctulatus Green...

.... 1998. A range extension for the Scrub python Morelia amethistina (Serpentes: Biodae): a record from Magnetic Island, north Queensland. Herpetofauna 28: 39-40. A range extension for the Scrub python Morelia amethistina (Serpentes: Biodae): a record from Magnetic Island, north Queensland Herpetofauna...

...). This observation appears to be the first record of the species using tree hollows. A number of species of snakes are frequently encountered inside hollowed-out trees in the rainforest in this site, including the Carpet Python Morelia spilota, Brown Tree Snake Boiga imep lar i s and occasionally the Stephen's...

... fauna. He captions a photograph of a Cunningham s Skink, Egernia cunninghami, as a beautifully marked reptile (Barrett 1950a: 221) and various lizards and snakes are described as inoffensive , harmless , remarkable and beautiful. Diamond and Carpet Pythons, Morelia spilota, are described...

... of Bennett's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus). Report to World Wide Fund for Nature, Sydney. Martin, R. 1995. Field observations of predation on Bennett's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus) by an amethystine python (Morelia amethistina). Herpetological Review 26: 74-76. Field observations...