Children's python
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The Children's python (Antaresia childreni) is a species of python that lives in northern Australia. It's name is not derived from a relationship to children, but in honor of J.G. Children, curator of the zoological collection at the British Museum in the 19th Century.
It is a small python, with an average adult length of about 75 cm. It is an egg layer that has up to 20 eggs in a brood. It incubates these nodes through the seven week incubation period by coiling around the eggs, which also serves to camoflauge them. It feeds on reptiles, birds and small mammals.
The juveniles are heavily blotched but gradually become reddish brown or brown as it grows. The scales on the body are small and smooth in contrast to the large scales on the top of his head.
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