Beano05
Active Member
Today a bloke had killed a python in his house that he honestly mistaken for a King brown (Mulga snake). He has a 1 year old and 8 year old kids and his wife so he was doing it purely out of protection for his family. He killed by spraying some type of acid on it. He said it was originally a straight sandy / light brown colour with a cream belly no markings on it. It had eaten the kids guinea pig so he cut it out to bury it.
By the time I had seen it, it was dark grey closer to black in colour ( he said that it changed colour since he sprayed it) about 1.7m long. no markings on the body. I know the Oenpelli python turns grey but does the markings disappear as well? I know that we can have patternless childrens pythons could it be possible for the Oenpelli to be the same? most wild childrens pythons I see are or near patternless. The local Indigenous poeple all aggree is rock python (Oenpelli Python)
I own the Complete guide to Reptiles of Australia by Steve Wilson & Gary Swan but there is no other python listed to match this with pictures or Info.
I do live in Oenpelli
By the time I had seen it, it was dark grey closer to black in colour ( he said that it changed colour since he sprayed it) about 1.7m long. no markings on the body. I know the Oenpelli python turns grey but does the markings disappear as well? I know that we can have patternless childrens pythons could it be possible for the Oenpelli to be the same? most wild childrens pythons I see are or near patternless. The local Indigenous poeple all aggree is rock python (Oenpelli Python)
I own the Complete guide to Reptiles of Australia by Steve Wilson & Gary Swan but there is no other python listed to match this with pictures or Info.
I do live in Oenpelli