#tree python

[herpsandbirds]

Southern Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis), family Pythonidae, NE Australia

photograph by Murray Kelman

[vintagewildlife]

Green tree python By: Unknown photographer From: The Grolier Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals 1994

[cloudedmoonofficial]

Oasis Python

A large constrictor snake based on a tree python. They hunt using their forked tongues to scent and the pits on their nose and jaws to detect the heat of prey. They bask on sand dunes in the morning before returning to their home oasis during the heat of the day. They enjoy life in the trees of oases, hunting small game until they are large enough to hunt juvenile dragons and even sometimes invading jackal dens if the opportunity presents itself.

6 meters long at full size.

Spiked cover above the eye to shade it from the bright sun, giving it the appearance of a serpent dragon.

The Dune Dragon's biggest competitor, they are natural enemies.

Both the Oasis Python and Dune Dragon are referred to as "dragon" by other animals. It doesn't matter which predator it is, they are both huge, cold blooded and dangerous.

artists notes:

Colors vary from light sage blue-green to bright green to sandy yellows.

Albino and Melanistic variants.

A series of convex trapezoid and pentagon shapes.

Perfectly round eyes, no eyelids.

Patterns vary extremely. Use whatever markings look interesting or are easy to animate.

Neck tenses into an 'S' shape before it strikes.

Long thin fangs that fold out as the mouth opens. The circular windpipe is an important detail.

-Art by Snap

[amalgamationillustration]

Finished design for the Eastern Serix, which I made using the Fundamentals Of Creature Design book. I really recommend picking it up if you want to really challenge yourself on really researching and having several passes at creating fictional creatures and really thinking about how and where it would live, feed, walk/swim/fly, breed, sleep. Really useful stuff to practice and full of great examples and references.

I wanted a tree dwelling hunter, so i tried to combine traits from a Fossa, Emerald Tree Boa, and a created gecko, I also threw in some inspiration from lemurs and frilled lizards.

The Eastern Serix is nocturnal and hunts mice and small birds, it uses its long, bristly tail to suspend its body from branches and releases when it wants to drop onto unsuspecting prey below. It then wraps its tail around them and the bristly fur stands on end and sticks into the prey, holding in place like thousands of tiny needles. It is then able to unhinge its jaw and swallow prey whole. The striped fur along its neck can be extended to form a frill to scare off predators.

[hisssyfitsss]

i rescued this gorgeous boy about a month ago which means he’s nearly out of quarantine! i’m very excited to have Merlin as part of the family, and i’ve quickly realized that GTP’s are a favorite of mine :’)

[animalworld]

GREEN TREEN PYTHON Morelia viridis ©Laura Quick

The  green tree python is a species of python native to New Guinea, islands in Indonesia, and Cape York Peninsula in Australia. Described by Hermann Schlegel in 1872, it was known for many years as Chondropython viridis. As its name suggests, it is a bright green snake that can reach 6 feet/2 m in length and about 4 pounds/1.6 kg in weight, with females slightly larger and heavier than males. Oviparous, laying up to 25 eggs, Green Tree Pythons start out life with red or yellow scales which change to primarily green over time.  Living generally in trees, the green tree python hunts and eats small reptiles and mammals. It is a popular pet, and numbers in the wild have suffered with large-scale smuggling of wild-caught green tree pythons in Indonesia. Despite this, the green tree python is rated as least concern on the IUCN Red List of endangered species. 

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[sandfromthestars]

Toronto Zoo, Tree Python, 2018. - Pandora

[soul-imaginary-creatures]

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