carpetworld::A member of the family, it is commonly known as the southern carpet python carpetworld

carpetworld::A member of the family, it is commonly known as the southern carpet python.
The abundant and well known genus contains five species across australia, but it is only this subspecies that occurs in the west.
It has a length up to 2.
This species has a well defined neck and small scales across the head.
Males may be up to 1.
Larger individuals have been given as 4 metres in length.
Several other similar pythons occur in its range.
The woma, , lacks the obvious neck of m.
The habitat is coastal areas, woodland, heathland, and semi arid.
It is often found in woodlands of eucalypt and banksia, or amongst grasses or low growing shrubs.
It is discrete and slow moving, spending most of its time hidden, though occasionally it is seen attempting to cross roads.
Typically this python is sedentary, but females in a survey at garden island were noted to be active most of the year.
Spilota imbricata takes up residence in deep crevices or holes in limestone, on granite, in dense heath, and animal burrows.
The diet of this subspecies is eat geckos, house mice, birds, and marsupials, including the.
Individuals may have a large range, occupying hollow logs in cooler months and wandering across areas up to 20 ha.
Males tend to have a larger range.
They appear to return to the same sites, even after long absences, which may contribute to a threat of extinction.
Noted in the assessment of its conservation status are land clearing and altered fire regimes, as it typically occupyies a large undisturbed habitat.
The impact of introduced predators, known to be foxes and cats, have not been assessed.
Population densities have declined in the esperance region.
The hollow logs favored by the species are not produced by altered fire regimes or cleared in plantations.
The northern extent is to and it is found as far east as.
The python also occurs on islands at the , , and the.
Accessed 15 february 2008.
carpetworld::It is variable in colour and pattern and it can grow up to
a length of 2 metres carpetworld