Carpet Pythons

Description

The carpet python for sale are medium-sized pythons. They are named for their beautiful markings, which resemble an oriental carpet pattern. They can have black-to-gray patterns of blotches, cross bands, stripes, or a combination of these markings on a light yellowish-to-dark brown background.

Size

Adults measure 2-3.6 m (6.5-12 ft.) in length; average adult length is 2.4 m (8 ft.); carpet python for sale hatchlings are approximately 30 cm (12 in.) in length

Diet

Variety of birds and mammals, including marsupials

Incubation

Average of 40 days
Even though a carpet python is not warm-blooded, a female can raise her body temperature by twitching her muscles. This muscular activity creates enough warmth to incubate the eggs. The incubation temperature of the eggs may determine the young snakes’ sexes, just as with some other reptiles.
Clutch Size: Up to 18 eggs

Sexual Maturity

2.5-3 years

Life Span
Large bodied snakes, like the carpet pythons for sale, can live more than 20 years in the natural environment, and even longer in controlled settings.

Ecology and Conservation

Many snakes in the python family such as the carpet pythons for sale are collected from the wild for the pet trade. Adults are collected for their attractive skins and slaughtered for their leather.

In many parts of the world, over-collection of these predators has resulted in ecological imbalances that often affect local people. Larger snakes frequently feed on nuisance animals such as rodents that destroy crops and spread disease. Also, many other important predators like birds-of-prey feed on young snakes. This means that snakes fulfill roles as both predators and prey in regional food chains.