Ingo Arndt / Carpet python snake (Morelia spilota variegata) hatching from egg, Australia. Captive.

Ingo Arndt / Carpet python snake (Morelia spilota variegata), hatching from egg, Australia. Captive.

Michael D. Kern / Python (Morelia amethistina) captive from Australasia

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff looking at a cross section of pit organ tissue from a Coastal carpet python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) through an electron microscope with 20,000 x magnification. Pit organs...

Juergen Freund / Young Coastal Carpet Python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) moving over vegetation, Queensland, Australia

Michael D. Kern / Green tree python snake {Morelia / Chondopython viridis} portrait, captive, occurs Papua New Guinea and Indonesia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Bredl's Carpet Python (Morelia bredli) coiled on rock ledge on mountain side, Trephina Gorge National Park, MacDonnell Ranges, Australia

Steven David Miller / Herpetologist holding a Carpet or Diamond Python (Morelia spilota), The Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. April. (Editorial use only)

Chris Mattison / Carpet python (Morelia spilota) hatchling on white background, occurs in Australia, Indonesia and New Guinea.

Chris Mattison / Carpet python (Morelia spilota) Queensland form, on white background, occurs in Australia, Indonesia and New Guinea.

Ingo Arndt / Carpet python snake (Morelia spilota variegata), Australia. Captive

Ingo Arndt / Juvenile Green Tree Python (Chondopython viridis), Papua New Guinea.