Diamond pythons are found in bushland around the east coast of New South Wales and Victoria. In Victoria, it is considered endangered due to loss of habitat. They grow up to 4 metres long, and this one, I'd estimate, is around 2 metres.
It was basking next to our compost bin, probably because at night it becomes a smorgasbord for visiting mice. Diamond pythons are nocturnal, and kill their prey by constriction. Their diet is small mammals and lizards.
Unusually for snakes, the female diamond python nurtures her eggs by incubation.
It was basking next to our compost bin, probably because at night it becomes a smorgasbord for visiting mice. Diamond pythons are nocturnal, and kill their prey by constriction. Their diet is small mammals and lizards.
Unusually for snakes, the female diamond python nurtures her eggs by incubation.
5 comments:
What a fabulous find in your garden! Kind of scary looking, but indeed a beautiful creature. My compost pile usually has rats nesting at the bottom which attract rattlesnakes.
Diane, the only experience I have of rattlesnakes is watching old Westerns! I think I prefer a diamond python. :)
A very beautiful Morelia spilota spilota. :)
an interesting find ... some would just run away or shriek ... occasionally we do bump into snakes here in Malaysia ... cheers! ~ bangchik
You are so lucky! It's been too cold for snakes to be out sunning themselves in my area. I would have loved to have seen it.
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