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Species
Least ConcernMaximum longevity: 22.6 years (captivity)
via IUCN
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- Commons category
- Aspidites melanocephalus
- taxon name
- Aspidites melanocephalus
- taxon rank
- species
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- Aspidites melanocephalus
- endemic to
- Australia
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon author citation
- (Krefft, 1864)
- habitat
- land
- short name
- A. melanocephalus
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Encyclopedic overview
The black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus) is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae (the python family). The species is endemic to Australia. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Black-headed Python” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.