#tree python

Southern Green Tree Python (𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘴), family Pythonidae, Kutini-Payamu National Park, QLD, Australia

LOOK AT THOSE LABIAL PITS!!!

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.

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.

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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