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Morelia virdis
Can reach a length of 1.5m. Adults are bright green while juveniles are bright yellow (retained for about three years). Rests in distinctive looped coils on a branch or vine. Convergent evolution with the Emerald Tree Boa in South America.
In Australia it is only found in the rainforests and vine thickets of the Iron Range National park.
The coolest snake I have ever seen. The only reason I drove up the Cape was to find this snake.
Spotted on May 24, 2012
Submitted on Jun 10, 2012
11 Comments
Thanks Karen
Super !
Congratulations Scott, this spotting has also been featured in the Project Noah blog! http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/5091987...
Hi Hayden. Corallus caninus is tropical South American. Morelia virdis occurs in tropical (Cape York Peninsula) Australia (the area of this spotting) and New Guinea. :-)
Looks to be an emerald tree boa.
Yes, I would agree with your notes. I love them :-)
Beautiful! Such vivid colors!
Thanks, just finding this snake made the whole trip worthwhile.
How beautiful!
Very neat series!! Gorgeous snake!
Wonderful !