The green tree python is located in mostly canopies of the tropical rainforest in
This python is light green with blue and white spots. It sometimes has a white or yellow stripe down its back. This snake is usually about one and a half metres in length but can get up to 2.20metres
This snake waits in the canopy for prey to come close, then springs upon it stunning it, and constricts till the prey is dead. When it eats and when it swallows it whole, when it has large food like a big rodent, it can dislocate its jaws to swallow it. This python mostly hunt their prey during the night using its heat pits. It eats reptiles, birds, rodents and bats. This snake is hard to spot because of its camouflage which helps it hunt. It sometimes uses its tail to lure its prey closer to itself.
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The green tree pythons usually mate from September to December but sometimes all year round. The female find a place to lay her eggs rather on the ground or in a tree hole. Female snakes lay between 6 and 30 eggs. Once the female snake has laid her eggs, she lays on them to incubate them. The mother guards her clutch of eggs with her life. Shivering to keep her body temperature up, she only leaves the nest to eat. It takes 45 to 50 days for the eggs to hatch. The young are coloured orange, yellow or blue which attract hungry predators. That’s why they go up into the trees as fast as they can. They are green by the time they reach the age of two years.
This python is fascinating because of its laziness and cunningness when hunting its prey.
Young green tree python
Josh - what a FANTASTIC effort you put in with your description. Well done!
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