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Green Tree Python
Morelia viridis
A living jewel — coiled over a branch in a perfect saddle, adults in emerald green with white speckles, juveniles in bright yellow or red.
4–5 ft15–20 years
Habitat
Enclosure
24×24×24 in tall minimum
Temperature
75–88°F (hot spot)
Humidity / Water
60–80% · misted nightly
Heating & lighting
Vertical perches with a horizontal basking branch, 75°F ambient with an 85–88°F hotspot. These are perch ambush predators — never grab from above.
Diet
Feed these
- Frozen-thawed appropriately-sized rodents
Never feed
- Live rodents — dangerous bites
- Handling during a blue' shed cycle
- High humidity without airflow — scale rot
Frozen-thawed rodents every 1–2 weeks; they ambush from a perch strike range. Treat them like display animals — perching, not petting.
Cohabitation
Can live with
No one — house this species alone.
Never house with
Other snakes — cannibalism Any cohabitation
Housing together causes stress bites — one python per enclosure. A hooked perch train them from the start.
