California Academy of Sciences, Water Planet Gallery

The heart of the Steinhart Aquarium, Water Planet focuses on the universality of water wherever there is life, investigating the adaptations by organisms to live in the myriad niches resulting from water's many differences in chemistry, abundance or scarcity, temperature, and motion.
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Black-headed Python

Aspidites melanocephalus, commonly known as the black-headed python, is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae (the python family). The species is native to Australia. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Ramsay's Python

Aspidites ramsayi is a species of snake endemic to Australia. Once common throughout Western Australia, it has become critically endangered in some regions.

Centralian Carpet Python

Morelia bredli is a non-venomous python species found in Australia. No subspecies are currently recognized.

Burmese Vine Snake

Günther's whipsnake or Burmese vine snake, Ahaetulla fronticincta is a species of tree snake found in Myanmar (Burma) and possibly in neighbouring northeastern India (Assam). It is even found as high up in the southern himalayan forests.

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