Green Tree Python and Emerald Tree Boa: Habitat, Diet, Reproduction and Common Diseases
Undergraduate in Bioveterinary Science
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Green Tree Python Species Profile
Green tree pythons exhibit dramatic ontogenetic color change as they mature (i.e., juveniles may be yellow, red, etc. and turn green as they grow older).
Green tree python
Morelia viridis
Despite their name, green tree pythons can sport a variety of colors. Adults are generally bright green with flecks of white, yellow, black, or other colors along their backs.
Green tree python
Photo by Chuck Dresner
Green tree python
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Green tree pythons spend much of their time coiled around branches, situated so that their head lies right in the middle of their coils, similar to a saddle laying over a branch.
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Green Tree Python - Morelia viridis
Amazon Tree Boa or Garden Tree Boa - Corallus hortulanus
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Green Snakes
Green snakes, like the Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus are often available as pets.
Like most python species, the green tree python protects and incubates her eggs.
caninus appears very similar to the green tree python, Morelia viridis, from southeast Asia and Australia. Only very distantly related, this is an example of convergent evolution.
Pythons at the Minnesota Zoo include the Burmese python and Green tree python. Both exhibits are located on the Tropics Trail.
Green Tree Python ( Morelia viridis )
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They are not yellow like the Green Tree Python however. When juveniles are about seven months old, they begin to change green. This process can take up to a year and is known as ontogenetic coloration.
 See also: Python, Reptile, Lizard, Tree boa, Emerald
  
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