This is Raeghar, our Centralian Carpet Python, who is about 10 years old. Very chill, never bites and is really just a cold scarf to be honest. I amaze the neighbours as i weed the garden with him draped around my neck. He just hangs there, enjoying the sun and the change of scenery. He has absolute faith in our ability to keep him safe, so much so that he often doesnt secure an anchor with his tail and will just flop around on your shoulders on the precipice of falling. We often have to catch him during this ‘trust fall’ which he also implements at dinner time. Basically we open his enclosure door (which is a coffin btw lol) and as we hold his dinner up he strikes at his furry prize ,leaping out of the enclosure, coiling around it mid air. Leaving us to catch his 2m self whilst hes wrapped around a bunny and bundle him back into the enclosure again…. its great, good times…..
Bredl’s python (Morelia bredli) is a species of non-venomous snake native to Australia. It is named in honor of Australian crocodile conservationist Josef “Joe” Bredl and is also known as the Centralian python.
The color pattern of Bredl’s python consists of a brown to reddish ground color with a highly variable pattern of pale intrusions. There are black borders around the intrusions that become more extensive around the tail. Its belly is yellowish to pale cream in color.
This species is found in the mountains of the southern Northern Territory. It inhabits dry desert, savanna, woodland forest, and freshwater wetlands, preferring foothills, ridges, and rocky outcroppings.
