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title: "Australian Scrub Python"
description: "Simalia kinghorni — Rettili. The Australian scrub python (Simalia kinghorni), also known commonly as Kinghorn's python and simply as the scrub python is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/australian-scrub-python
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Australian Scrub Python

> Simalia kinghorni — Rettili. The Australian scrub python (Simalia kinghorni), also known commonly as Kinghorn's python and simply as the scrub python is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae.

- Scientific name: *Simalia kinghorni*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 1444
- Wikidata: [Q139669561](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139669561)
- iNaturalist taxon: [540202](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/540202)

## Names

- en: Australian Scrub Python
- de: Australischer Amethystpython
- es: Pitón Australiana

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1383)

## Summary

The Australian scrub python (Simalia kinghorni), also known commonly as Kinghorn's python and simply as the scrub python is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is indigenous to forests of northern Australia. It is one of the world's longest and largest snakes, and is the longest and largest in Australia. In 2014 it was reclassified to the genus Simalia from Morelia, alongside the rest of the scrub python species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_scrub_python

## Photo

![Australian Scrub Python](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australian-scrub-python/medium.jpg)

Photo: george_vaughan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/147928919

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/australian-scrub-python?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).