Australian Scrub Python

The Australian scrub python (Simalia kinghorni), also known commonly as Kinghorn's python and simply as the scrub python is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is indigenous to forests of northern Australia. It is one of the world's longest and largest snakes, and is the longest and largest in Australia. In 2014 it was reclassified to the genus Simalia from Morelia, alongside the rest of the scrub python species.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Australian Scrub Python being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Simalia amethistina
• Protobothrops flavoviridis — venomous
• Chilabothrus striatus
• Morelia spilota
• Chilabothrus angulifer

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Pythonidae

Genus

Simalia

Species

Simalia kinghorni

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