Children's python Animal Pictures

Antaresia childreni

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children's python
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This python eats rodents, lizards, geckos, and bats.

Best Pet Snakes
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The Children's Python gets its name from the scientist who first described them in 1842, John George Children, the curator of the British Museum's zoological collection at the time of the discovery.

Children's Python with egg clutch

Children's python with eggs
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stimsons python on black
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Stimson's pythons are a Children's python variant, with more contrast in their spots.

Stimson's python on a log

Stimson's python
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Stimson's python with a gray base color.