page_title: Morelia spilota
section_title: Subspecies
hierarchical_section_title: Morelia spilota / Subspecies
caption_attribution_description: (S)he was quite docile - very well behaved! So well behaved I touched him/her&#160;:)
context_page_description: Morelia spilota, commonly referred to as the carpet python or diamond python, is a large snake of the family Pythonidae found in Australia, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and the northern Solomon Islands. Many subspecies are described: ITIS lists six, the Reptile Database seven, and the IUCN eight.
context_section_description: The geographic distribution and common names can summarized as:
caption: South-West carpet python
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