Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
REPTILIA
Family
BOIDAE
Genus
Morelia
Species
spilota
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
Carpet Python
Alternate name
Diamond Python
Is historical
False
QLD
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Widespread and moderately common.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
True
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Common
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Widespread throughout in melaleuca, dry and wet eucalypt, rainforest, urban and disturbed habitats
Known location
Runaway Bay, Southport, Ashmore, Coombabah, Burleigh Waters, Oxenford, Pimpama, Pine Ridge CP, Numin
Other locality
Widespread and moderately common in a range of habitats.
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Rainforest, open forest, heaths, paperbark forests, farmland, gardens. Found in all terrestrial habitats.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Habitat comment
Often lives around sheds or houses, entering roofs to prey on rats.
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Taxonomy Comments
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