Facts about Sand Pythons
Sand Python or Aspidites ramsayi is a non-venomous snake. Aspidites ramsayi is a species of python. It is also called sand python. Sand python is found in Australia. The body of sand python is broad and flattish in profile while the tail tapers to a thin point. Adults average 1.5 m (4.5 feet) in length. Their dorsal scales are smooth with 50-65 rows at midbody, 280-315 ventral scales, an undivided anal plate and 40-45 mostly single subcaudal scales. Their head is narrow and the eyes small. The sand pythons are largely nocturnal. By day this snake may be found sheltering in hollow logs or under leaf debris. They lack the heat sensing pits of all other pythons. Aspidites ramsayi is similar in appearance to Morelia spilota imbricata, but without an obvious neck. The scales of sand pythons are small and smooth and in appearance. The colour of sand python may be pale brown to nearly black. The pattern consists of a ground colour that varies from medium brown and olive to lighter shades of orange, pink and red, overlaid with darker striped or brindled markings. Sand pythons are found in Australia in the west and center of the country: from Western Australia through southern Northern Territory and northern South Australia to southern Queensland and northwestern New South Wales. The sand pythons are oviparous with 5-20 eggs per clutch. Females remain coiled around their eggs until they hatch, with the incubation period lasting 2-3 months. |
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