Diamond (spilota)
A variant of Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)
The nominate subspecies (M. s. spilota) from cooler southeastern Australia: glossy black with yellow-centered scales forming diamond rosettes. Beautiful but physiologically demanding.
Keeper tips for this variant
Diamonds need a genuine seasonal cool-down/brumation cycle—kept too warm year-round they develop a fatal neurological wasting condition ('diamond python syndrome'), so this morph is for experienced keepers.