Australian Speed Bump?

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Originally Posted by BChambers

By the way-that has got to be one of the largest wild Eunectes I've ever seen photographed. Even assuming the minimum width of a two-track dirt road, that animal is enormous. She stretches completely across, with quite a bit left over on the left hand side!I'd guess 22-26 ft easily.

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that dont look like a two track that looks more like a two lane dirt road if you look close you can see two sets of tracks on each side of the middle

hahahahaha i wanna meet the guy that thought it was a ball python. Lol i wanna know if he knows enough to know the names what would make him think they could reach 6feet nonetheless 26

Whoo whooo, whatch your GOODYEAR tires, That'l mess em' up....
Don't want to pay for a realignment
Rusty

Sorry my other half works for GOODYEAR.

It's most likely just a picture from South America that somebody pawned off as Austrailia.

Please let me begin by saying, I can not comfirm the origin of this photo, or the exact species. I can however deduct that this may be an Amethystine Python, or 'Scrubby' as we affectionately call them. They come in a multitude of colour and pattern varieties. They are native to here- tropical north Queensland. And yes, we grow bananas here too.
Late one night on my way home, I very unfortunately ran over one. It's head and tail were still in the grass on either side of the road. This would make it a little bit bigger than the one photographed here. I have also seen dried skins that measure over 22 feet, and heard many accounts of larger ones being found.
A friend actually owns a local Venom Zoo, I'll try and confirm it with him.
Australia seems to have the monopoly on 'bitey things'.

http://www.tarantulas.com.au/?page_id=40

I didn't realize how old this thread was until I got about 1/2 through reading it. No matter where the picture was taken, that is a HUGE snake.

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Originally Posted by Nicko

Please let me begin by saying, I can not comfirm the origin of this photo, or the exact species. I can however deduct that this may be an Amethystine Python, or 'Scrubby' as we affectionately call them. They come in a multitude of colour and pattern varieties. They are native to here- tropical north Queensland. And yes, we grow bananas here too.
Late one night on my way home, I very unfortunately ran over one. It's head and tail were still in the grass on either side of the road. This would make it a little bit bigger than the one photographed here. I have also seen dried skins that measure over 22 feet, and heard many accounts of larger ones being found.
A friend actually owns a local Venom Zoo, I'll try and confirm it with him.
Australia seems to have the monopoly on 'bitey things'.

http://www.tarantulas.com.au/?page_id=40

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Most definitely, no doubt in my mind, not a scrub python :)

P.S. welcome to the forum, how is all the way down there on the other side of the earth?

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Originally Posted by DrDooLittle

I didn't realize how old this thread was until I got about 1/2 through reading it. No matter where the picture was taken, that is a HUGE snake.

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Yeah, I noticed it was old when I saw the green mod name I didn't recognize :P

Yes, after a closer look, the markings are circular and it is a bit on the 'small' side to be a scrubby.

It is supposed to be winter here, but the tropics are tolerably warm.

I haven't seen a snake in months, not silly are they!

Cheers, and thank you for the welcome.