#morelia Viridis

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daily snake #20

💚 The Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis), native to New Guinea, can reach a total length of 2 meters, weighing 1.6 kg. They live in trees, hunting mainly small reptiles and mammals.

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Morelia Viridis, aka Green Tree Python!

Sono stupendi, il mio serpente preferito... Hanno dei colori bellissimi, e vivono avendo caratteristiche uniche, diverse da tutti gli altri serpenti!!! 😍😍😍🐍🐍🐍

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Morelia viridis (green tree python)

Photo by Michael D Kern

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Titania is a Cyclops mountain locality green tree python, formerly yellow neonate, and a sweetheart.

Took a bunch of photos while I was refilling water before the storm. She was overdue.

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Shivering In The Dark

A wet Green Tree Python in the Reptopia. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

Its tank had just been misted and this python had quickly parked itself near the spot light for warmth.

This was captured at the time when I was trying out a 70-200mm f/4 lens stacked with a 1.4x and 2x teleconverters some years back. The takeaways then was that the depth-of-field had narrowed down considerably with resolution holding on quite well. Auto-focus still worked since a mirrorless camera was used. With a DSLR, it would’ve been likely only manual focussing.

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Green tree python | Morelia viridis

Things I did not previously know: the white spots. They exist and cluster along the topline. Also they have a stripe on their face that's sort of. De-yellowed?

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what are some of your favorite reptiles just in terms of their visual appearance? and may i request some brightly colored snakes?

There are just so many, that its hard to narrow it down to one or a few favorites. I love pit vipers, Moloch horridus, monitor lizards, softshell turtles... Here are a few of my favorite brightly colored snakes.

Variable Bush Viper (Atheris squamigera), family Viperidae, from central and western Africa

Venomous.

photograph by snakewispera snr

(red phase juvenile)

Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis), JUVENILES, family Pythonidae, found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia

Both color forms grow up to be Green.

photograph by Angi Nelson Photography

(yellow form juvenile)

photograph via: https://www.appletonexotics.co.uk

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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Volume 6: Reptiles. Written by Bernard Grzimek. 1984.

1.) Green tree python (Morelia viridis)

2.) Carpet python (Morelia spilota)

3.) Ball python (Python regius)

4.) Blood python (Python brongersmai)

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🐍🐍| Hellaina is a picky muse who's taken a year but I finally know what sort of snake she is!

Hellaina's snakes are a green tree python (Morelia viridis): they are a constrictor species who tend between five and seven feet when fully grown. The females tend to be a bit bigger and heavier than the male snakes, and this species is primarily arboreal.

She might not be venomous but that doesn't make her any less dangerous!

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"A PICNIC TABLE?" DUDE please like just look at it and blur your eyes a bit maybe you'll see or maybe youre too used to what is ACTUALLY in the picture 😭 i really went and sentenced myself to public blast for that

retaliation! before i go to sleep I will bombard you with all random questions that come to me in this ask

what's your preferred time of day and why? most reliable water sources? how do you usually deal with most common threats you encounter in the bush? which kind of snake would you call the least dangerous? if you could forever abolish one animal from existence, which would it be, if any? best fish? worst fish?

thank you (for reading, answering, remaining fascinated and being my curious ass' main source of giddy leg wiggle during the day)

- most annoyingly, 🧀 anon <3 💥💥💥

Thank you for asking, cheeseanon!!! I really enjoy these. I normally live out in the bush and even in California I live in a rural area so I don't have many neighbours (and those that do know me as that Weird Aussie Bloke that disappeared for 3 years).

What's your preferred time of day and why?

Night! Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too truly to be fearful of the night. I absolutely love the stars. My second-favourite time of day is dawn when the kookaburras wake up.

Most reliable water sources?

There's no reliable water sources in the Outback. I collect my water from rain tarps (which I can drink straight) and clear streambeds (which I have to boil before drinking). I have one canteen specifically for collecting water and another for carrying purified water when I'm travelling. Sometimes soakage from native wells is the only way of obtaining water but I've only had to do this a few times.

How do you usually deal with common threats out in the bush?

Staying in Matilda/under shelter during the hottest parts of the day, since the environment itself is the greatest threat in the Outback. As far as living threats go, it usually involves screaming. I've run my voice hoarse through shouting at dingos because they very much hate noise and are generally skittish around people. When necessary I might fire a warning shot into the dirt to make them keep their distance and this usually works. I've only ever had one actually bite me, and that was a lone female with pups (judging by the condition of her teats) who wanted my food. We tussled on the ground for a bit with her teeth locked around my ankle (thank Christ for my leather boots), I cut her foreleg with my knife, and she scurried off. She came back an hour later and decided I was still worth the risk of being killed over, so I took a potshot between her legs to make her keep her distance and chucked her the back half of a rabbit which she scurried off with. Normally I wouldn't recommend feeding the wildlife since it can make them dependent on people which puts people and the animal in danger, but we were in an area with very few humans so it's unlikely she'd ever encounter one again. To her I was a big prey animal and worth the risk to feed her pups. Mutual respect between us and she learned her lesson I reckon.

On the downside, I needed a new pair of jeans because her teeth ripped right through the hem.

What kind of snake would you consider the least dangerous?

The dead kind. That's a joke. Please don't kill snakes, they're really neat and are much more afraid of you than you are of them. Additionally you're much more likely to get bit trying to kill or move a snake than you are just letting him go on his way. I'd reckon that any small nonvenomous snake isn't dangerous. Typically anything in Colubridae is safe. Small, non-dangerous species include:

Green tree snake, Dendrelaphis punctulatus

Common keelback, Tropidonophis mairii

Green tree python, Morelia viridis (they're arseholes though)

Brahminy blind snake, Indotyphlops braminus (invasive)

Woma python, Aspidites ramsayi

Northern green tree snake, Dendrelaphis calligaster

Elephant trunk snake, Acrochordus arafurae (these guys are really neat!)

Pygmy python, Antaresia perthensis

Crab-eating snake, Fordonia leucobalia

Marine file snake, Acrochordus granulatus (really neat)

Bockadam, Cerberus australis

Rough-scaled python, Morelia carinata

Papuan spotted python, Antaresia papuensis

Every blind snake in the genus Anilios

Australia has ~140 species of land snakes and ~30 species of sea snakes. Basically all our sea snakes are highly venomous and can kill you. Of our land snakes, ~100 are venomous. That means roughly 75% of Australian snakes are venomous. That said, the majority of these have venom so insignificant that it can't harm people. Most people won't even realise they've been bitten. So why didn't I count the "harmless" venomous species? People can have allergies! What might bite me and not have any effect could bite you and give you a fatal arrhythmia if you're allergic to the venom. Assume all snakes are dangerous and give them all a wide berth unless you can 100% confirm that they won't harm you. EVERY SNAKE IS THE FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT VARIETY.

If you could abolish any animal from existence, what would it be?

Mozzies. I fucking hate mozzies with a burning passion. They gave my dad malaria twice and nearly killed him the second time. Additionally I'm type O (universal donor) which, just so happens, mozzies fucking love. I get SWARMED. I'm constantly covering myself, my clothes, and Misty in permethrin just to keep ticks off us (and this comes from somebody who fucking hates synthetic chemicals). I don't need to deal with mozzies too.

From an ecological standpoint, FUCKING CARP. I HATE CARP SO GODDAMN MUCH. YOU THINK CANE TOADS ARE BAD? NO! WELL THEY ARE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUCKING WORSE? CARP. THEY HAVE RUINED THE MURRAY-DARLING BASIN AND ITS WATERWAYS. WE HAVE LOST 90% OF OUR NATIVE SPECIES' TERRITORY TO INVASIVE FUCKING CARP. IMAGINE THAT. THE SANCTITY OF AUSTRALIA, OUR AMAZING MURRAY COD, LOST TO FUCKING GOLDFISH. I HATE CARP WITH A BURNING FUCKING PASSION OH MY GOD DON'T EVEN GET ME FUCKING STARTED--

Best fish?

Barramundi. I fucking love barra. They're delicious, they're incredibly fun to catch, they're absolutely massive so I guarantee you'll not go hungry. I love barra.

Worst fish?

FUCKING CARP.

[daily-snake]

Today’s snake is the green tree python (Morelia viridis). It is a non-venomous species of python found in New Guinea, Indonesia, and Australia.

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🔥Morelia Viridis (yellow phase)

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Izuku Midoriya Lamia bitty

Name: Virid

Species: Green tree python(Morelia viridis)

Size: 4 - 5 feet tall, 10 - 15 feet total(Fullsize) 7 - 10 inches tall, 1 - 2.6 feet total(mini) 7 - 8 feet tall, 18 - 20 feet total(bara)

Venom: No

Personality: Timid, friendly, hardworking,

Likes: Taking notes, friends,

Dislikes: Bullies, aggressive bitties/people, being stuck with strangers,

Compatibility: Virid bitties are known for being timid and even a little skittish at first, though once they get to know someone and the feel comfertable in their new home they open up! Sometimes you can't even tell they were a timid bitty at all, based on how friendly they are, even to new bitties!

Virid bitties are know for muttering to themselves and can often be found taking notes on other bitties/people, this sometimes weirds other bitties out but isn't harmful in any way!

Virid bitties do well is almost any kind of household, with their hardworking nature and their friendly disposition,

It is not recommended to leave Virid's with strangers when going somewhere, it's best to take them with you, leave them home(they can care for themselves for themselves), or leave them with someone they know,

Feeding habits: Virid's aren't super picky, though they do vary in favorite foods,

Additional info: MHA Bitties still have their quirks! Though they may be weaker, it varies a lot!

Virid's often have trouble controlling their quirk and can end up hurting themselves, having bitties that can use healing magic(or a good bitty doctor saved in your phone) is recommended, though mainly for a 'just in case' scenario as Virid's are not known for using their quirks very often,

Zone: Inside, Plains, Jungle,

In Universe: Virid bitties seen as very good beginner types as they can get along with almost any bitty!

Difficulty: Beginner

Features:

Main colors: Green, teal, blue-green,

Secondary colors: blue, yellow, white,

Extra: N/A

Additional info: Speckled patterns with a lighter underbelly,

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Green tree pythons always look like dragons to me.

Shiva, my beloved.  My favorite thing about this snake is that she routinely comes off her perch to explore me like this. She’s sweet.

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Pitón arbolicola verde (Morelia viridis) los jóvenes normalmente de un color amarilo brillante

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