Children's python - Photo 1
This python eats rodents, lizards, geckos, and bats.
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Antaresia childreni
This python eats rodents, lizards, geckos, and bats.
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.
Stimson's pythons are a Children's python variant, with more contrast in their spots.
Stimson's python with a gray base color.
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