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==Distribution and habitat==
''M. viridis'' is found in Eastern [[Indonesia]] ([[Misool]], [[Salawati]], [[Aru Islands]], [[Schouten Islands]], most of [[Western New Guinea]]), [[Papua New Guinea]] (including nearby islands from sea level to 1,800 m elevation, [[Normanby Island, Papua New Guinea|Normanby Island]] and the [[d'Entrecasteaux Islands]]) and [[Australia]] ([[Queensland]] along the east coast of the [[Cape York Peninsula]]). The [[type locality (biology)|type locality]] given is "Aroe-eilanden" (Aru Islands, Indonesia).<ref name="McD99">[[:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell JA]], [[T'Shaka Touré|Touré T]] (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume)</ref>

This species is [[sympatric]] with ''[[Morelia spilota|M. spilota]]'' and the two often compete in the same ecological niche.

The preferred natural [[habitat]] of ''M. viridis'' is in or near [[rainforest]]s, and the species is primarily arboreal, residing in trees, shrubs, and bushes. Occasionally, it is seen on the ground.<ref name="McD99"/>