Janice Terrill, A coastal carpet python in the undergrowth (ANIMALS 2024)

I spied this chis coastal python on a bushwalk at Eungella National Park, west of Mackay in Queensland. Its bright eye and skin suggested it had recently shed. Truly a beautiful creature.

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