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

Anup Shah / African rock python (Python sebae) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Steve Nicholls / Skeleton of a Python (Python sp)

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 / Black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) perched on a tree branch overlooking the Australian outback. Queensland, Australia, February

Juergen Freund / Olive python (Liasis olivaceus) perched on top of a termite mound. Many pythons shelter in hollow termite mounds when not hunting. Queensland, Australia, February

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

Mark Bowler,Mark Bowler / Ball / Royal python (Python regius) coiled, moving away

David Welling / Green tree python (Chondopython viridis) coiled on tree, captive

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