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Pic: A young Jamomong is usually yellow and turns green during adulthood
Papuan Green Tree Python
Common Name: Jamomong
Scientific Name: Chondropython viridis
Subfamily: Pythoninae
Length: 1.6meters (5.3ft)
Description The body is laterally flattened and the broad head set off by a relatively narrow neck. The basic color is leaf green with a yellow or white verbal stripe, broken at intervals.
Range New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
Habitat and Habits A mainly nocturnal and strictly arboreal, rainforest inhabitant. When at rest, it drapes its body symmetrically over a branch.
Pros and Cons This species bears a remarkable resemblance to the emerald tree boa, Corallus caninus, considering they are different subfamilies and live in widely separated continents.