Green Tree Python (1983) | |
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Details | This picture is looking down at hatching snakes in an incubation set-up created by keeper, Trooper Walsh. Hatchlings of this species are yellow or dark red (brown) as in this photo. They change to green scale-by-scale as they mature. They snakes incubate their eggs by twitching their muscles to raise their body heat. |
Species | green tree python - Chondropython viridis |
Range | New Guinea,North Australia |
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