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Morelia spilota
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<p><i>Morelia spilota</i>, commonly known as the carpet python, is a large <a href="/facts/Snake/YhA2gcn0">snake</a> of the family <a href="/facts/Pythonidae/U3T63eYB">Pythonidae</a> found in <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>, <a href="/facts/New_Guinea/qB0bzfSH">New Guinea</a> (<a href="/facts/Indonesia/vQnWU3IW">Indonesia</a> and <a href="/facts/Papua_New_Guinea/RLaVlhFC">Papua New Guinea</a>), <a href="/facts/Bismarck_Archipelago/DaIy0GML">Bismarck Archipelago</a>, and the northern <a href="/facts/Solomon_Islands/tcyQWq3Q">Solomon Islands</a>. Many <a href="/facts/Subspecies/4L9jFacF">subspecies</a> are recognised; <a href="/facts/ITIS/nVg7fQUG">ITIS</a> lists six, the Reptile Database six, and the <a href="/facts/IUCN/QwV8JXup">IUCN</a> eight. </p>