Carpet python vs Green tree python
The carpet python is heavier: 15.9 kg against 3.11 kg for the green tree python, about 5.1 times the weight.
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What is the difference between a carpet python and a green tree python?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The carpet python is heavier: 15.9 kg against 3.11 kg for the green tree python, about 5.1 times the weight.
- The green tree python is longer-lived: 20.6 years against 19.6 years for the carpet python, about 5% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Morelia, so they are close relatives.
Side by side
| Carpet python | Green tree python | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Morelia spilota | Morelia viridis |
| Family | Pythonidae | Pythonidae |
| Order | Squamata | Squamata |
| Weight | 15.9 kg | 3.11 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 12.8 years – 19.6 years | 17.9 years – 20.6 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | vertebrates |
| Habitat | Not recorded | forest |
| Conservation status | Not recorded | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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