Carpet python
Scientific name: Morelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804)
Overview
Morelia spilota, commonly known as the carpet python, is a large snake of the family Pythonidae found in Australia, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, and the northern Solomon Islands. Many subspecies are recognised; ITIS lists six, the Reptile Database six, and the IUCN eight.
From the Wikipedia article “Morelia spilota”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: New Guinea,.
Common names
Also known in English as Diamond Python.
Names in other languages (7)
- Arabic
- أصلة سجادية
- Chinese
- 地毯莫瑞蟒
- German
- Diamantpython, Rautenpython, Teppichpython
- Indonesian
- Sanca karpet
- Japanese
- カーペットニシキヘビ
- Persian
- پایتون فرش
- Portuguese
- Píton-tapete
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Reptile Database.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q575770, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Morelia spilota”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — User:Haplochromis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026