Australian Speed Bump?

I receive a lot of snake related emails, and this one was recently forwarded to me claiming to be an "Australian Speed Bump" found in Gloucester in NSW. There are only two things wrong... they call them speed "humps" in Australia, and that's a Green Anaconda which aren't normally found near Gloucester. :P

Still, how cool would it be to come across that snake in the middle of the road?

Oh, one more thing... I was trying to find the real origin of this picture and came across an Australian Python Forum. One of the members mentioned that he didn't know what kind of snake it was, but maybe it was a Ball Python. :8:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...a/untitled.jpg

Def a green Conda and you right they are called humps down under and they are a hell of a lot bigger lol

it's an anaconda and looking at the foliage around the road, this looks like to be a tropical area...(banana tree leaves poking up on the right hand side). i've never been to australia so i dont know if banana trees grow in australia.

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Originally Posted by Tyger9791

it's an anaconda and looking at the foliage around the road, this looks like to be a tropical area...(banana tree leaves poking up on the right hand side). i've never been to australia so i dont know if banana trees grow in australia.

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Of course, this could also be a released Anaconda living wild in Australia. Kind of like seeing a Burmese python in the Everglades. Is the NSW region sufficiently tropical enough to support an Anaconda?

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Originally Posted by Tyger9791

it's an anaconda and looking at the foliage around the road, this looks like to be a tropical area...(banana tree leaves poking up on the right hand side). i've never been to australia so i dont know if banana trees grow in australia.

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There is a ton of banana farming that takes place in the tropical areas near Carins.. In fact when I was there back in December of '07, We met some Kiwis(New Zealanders) who were spending a year in Australia to see the sights, and were paying for it by working on a banana farm.

There are portions of rainforest in Aussie land.

its probably more like south american speed bumb.

but isnt it illegal to import animals into austrialia?

I really don't think that picture was taken in Australia. I also came across a few other links with that same picture that claimed it was an "African Speed Bump" and a "Brazilian Speed Bump".

It was more than likely in South America...

oh i'm sure it isn't in australia I just was letting tyger know that there are banana trees there.

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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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.