The O. robertsi roundworm commonly lives in the esophagus and stomach of the carpet python and sheds its eggs via the snake’s feces. Despite having no direct contact with snakes, it’s thought ...

The doctors suspect that she accidentally ingested the worm’s eggs from eating the greens ... to see more cases in other countries where carpet pythons reside. The most important message from ...

And sure enough, there she was, a coastal carpet python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) – “a beautiful mumma python doing an amazing job looking after her eggs”. The resemblance is uncanny. Image credits: ...

Carpet pythons are one of the most common species of the snake found in Australia. After the mating season is over, a female python usually lays up to 15 eggs. Following that, the python goes into ...

An Aussie snake catcher has described the moment he came across three coastal carpet pythons laying on their eggs, all within one square metre of each other, as "one of the craziest sights" he's ...

Ophidascaris robertsi roundworms are common to carpet pythons. It typically lives in a python's oesophagus and stomach, and sheds its eggs in the host's faeces. Humans infected with Ophidascaris ...

Adult worms live inside carpet pythons (Morelia spilota), which shed worm eggs in their feces. Rats or possums, for example, can ingest the eggs, which grow into larvae that burrow into flesh.