| In the last reptiles holdings information for NSW in the 2002-2003 keeping period, 1 NSW licensee held 2 White-lipped pythons. These are the only held on private licence in NSW unless someone else has luckily managed to get hold of some more. There has been speculation that this species does not actually occur in Australia, that is why you won't find it in Steve Wilson/Gerry Swan's book A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia.
As for the Oenpelli Python, I am pretty sure that these are not kept privately by many people at all. Not sure why they aren't on the NSW species list in particular, but permits to collect from the wild are not issued because they occur in Arnhem Land which I think is governed by the aboriginal community and they won't allow it. I'm not quite sure on this, but pretty sure.
Simon Archibald | 
