Green python
Morelia azurea (Meyer, 1874)
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The green python (Morelia azurea) is a species in the family Pythonidae, order Squamata.
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Quick facts about the green python
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the green python live?
Not recorded
Is the green python endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the green python classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyPythonidae
- genusMorelia
- SpeciesMorelia azurea (Meyer, 1874)
Synonyms Chondropython azureus, Chondropython pulcher, Morelia azurea utaraensis
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Green tree pythonEnglish
- Northern green pythonEnglish
- Grüner BaumpythonGerman
- Groene boompythonDutch
- Noordelijke groene boompythonDutch
Relatives of the green python
Other species in the same genus Morelia.

Green tree python
Morelia viridis
Carpet python
Morelia spilota
Centralian python
Morelia bredli
Rough-scaled python
Morelia carinata
Western carpet python
Morelia imbricata
CompareGreen python vs Green tree pythonGreen python vs Carpet pythonGreen python vs Centralian pythonGreen python vs Rough-scaled python
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the green python?
The green python (Morelia azurea) belongs to the family Pythonidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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