Childrens Python (Antaresia childreni)
- Regular price
- $350.00
- Sale price
Children's Python (Antaresia childreni) for sale. The Children's python is a small, gentle python from northern Australia and one of the best snakes for first-time keepers. It stays a manageable size, feeds reliably and is usually calm in the hand.
Hand-picked from our network of 80+ Australian breeders and inspected before it comes to you. Reptiles are sold online only.
Children's Python Care Guide for Beginners
- Experience level: Beginner
- Adult size: 75–100cm
- Lifespan: 20–30 years
- Enclosure: Adults need at least 90 x 45 x 45cm; 120 x 60 x 60cm is ideal. Hatchlings feel safer in a smaller enclosure to start.
- Temperature: Hot spot 30–32°C, cool end 24–26°C. Use a thermostat on every heat source.
- Humidity: 40–60%, with a humid hide when shedding.
- Lighting: UVB is optional but beneficial; a low-level UVB (around 5%) on a 12-hour timer suits it.
- Substrate and décor: Dry Sclerophyll Substrate Mix with hides at both ends, branches to climb and a water bowl large enough to soak in.
- Diet: Appropriately sized frozen-thawed rodents: every 7–10 days for juveniles, every 10–14 days for adults.
- Handling: Usually calm and easy to handle. Wait 48 hours after feeding before handling.
- Licence: A reptile licence is required in most Australian states before you buy. See our Reptile & Frog Licensing guide.
Everything you need: Snake Enclosure Starter Kit, Dry Sclerophyll Substrate Mix, Heat Mat, Electronic Reptile Thermostat.
New to keeping? Read our free care guides or contact our team for advice before your animal arrives.
Supplies ship within 1 to 2 business days, depending on stock, and usually arrive 1 to 3 days after dispatch.
Live animals ship on Mondays and Tuesdays only, so they are never in transit over a weekend. Order by 11am Sunday to ship that week. Orders containing a live animal ship together on the next live dispatch day.
We hold live animal orders during very hot or very cold weather and ship them once conditions are safe. We’ll let you know if your order is held.
We ship Australia-wide. Live animals cannot be shipped to the Northern Territory or Tasmania.
Read our full [Shipping Policy].
Our Surry Hills store is small, so we keep in-store stock deliberately limited. Not everything online is on the shelf, so call us on (02) 7813 9640 before visiting for a specific item.
All reptiles and amphibians are sold online only, due to permit requirements.
Visit us at Shop 5, 450 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010. Open Wednesday to Sunday.
Every live animal is checked before it leaves us and packed by an experienced keeper.
If your animal arrives dead, contact us within one hour of delivery with a photo, and we will send a replacement. You don’t pay shipping on the replacement. Photo helps us identify what caused death so we can help prevent it from happening again with your order, and others.
Someone needs to be home to receive the parcel. We can’t cover animals left at a depot, sent to an incorrect address, or reported more than an hour after delivery.
Reptiles and frogs: most states require a licence before you buy. After ordering, email your licence details to info@biotastudio.com.au or add them to your order notes. If we don’t have them, we’ll contact you by SMS or email before your order ships.
Insects, spiders and supplies: most don’t need a licence, but rules vary by state and species.
See our [Reptile & Frog Licensing Guide] for every state.
New to keeping reptiles, frogs or insects? Our free [Care Guides] cover housing, temperature, humidity and feeding for every species we sell. Need somewhere for your animal to live? Shop [Ready-made Enclosures] or have one [custom built]. Questions? [Contact us] and an experienced keeper will help.