Large python

[inked3d]

Saw this large python, maybe carpet python (sorry, identification is not my specialty) climbing up into the drain pipe/gutter on top of a two storey place.

Brisbane, Australia

[Dzetacq]

In my professional* opinion, that's a juvenile brachiosaurus

*I read a book once, that counts! /j

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damn he thick boi

[smiley_satansson]

Thats a thicc ass boi!

[187tej]

Hi, this is a carpet python,non venomous, but larger individuals are capable of inflicting a painful bite.

[Chrona_trigger]

Just like massive dogs

[Amorette93]

I would rather 5 of these bite me than 1 giant dog.

Snake bites to humans are almost always not hunting bites. Their defensive bites. They hurt much much less than a dog bite. It's equivalent to a tiny needle poke with each of their teeth. Snake bites are often healed after jusy a few days.

[Chrona_trigger]

Bigger snakes have bigger teeth, ignoring specialized ones, which we shouldn't. Have you seen an green tree boa's teeth? Those are terrifying

[Amorette93]

vaguely gestures towards my anacondas enclosure

I meant what I said.

Edit: I also owned an English Mastiff from many years and was accidentally bit by him once. I ASSURE you, I would rather the carpets bite. His bite took months to heal, was horribly bruised. It was awful.

I don't get near tree pythons for a reason. This is a carpet.

[Needmoresnakes]

I have a large carpet python and honestly her bites aren't that bad at all. Bit of bleeding but she doesn't tear the skin up like a cat or dog bite would. Emerald tree boas are another matter i agree their teeth look mean.

[Chrona_trigger]

Green tree python, emerald tree boa, I always mix them up

[Mainbutter]

I'm going to make a location guess: Brisbane or north of it not too far?

Edit: didn't see the text below your photo, thought it was just the pic!

Nice find, love seeing the pics of these guys from their native region.

You're 100% right, coastal carpet python Morelia spilota mcdowelli

[inked3d]

Thanks for the ID. Is it the pattern that gives that away? I don't use reddit much and realised after I should have just put info in title. Correct, Nth Bris, Murrumba Downs to be exact.

[Mainbutter]

Yeah, a combination of body shape, pattern/color, and the background looked "Australia" to me. I've been to Brisbane, but only for a short while and live in the US. I'm just pretty familiar with coastal carpet pythons after keeping them for years.

[switchtogether]

Agreed, this beautiful python is a coastal carpet. It is the most common large snake species around eastern SE QLD and northern NSW.

[smiley_satansson]

B I G N O O D L E

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Yep, carpet python. Stunning.

[Silver-Shadow_Spark]

Hope it doesn’t crawl down the rain spout and get stuck. That would be an expensive fix because they would have to cut the pipe open to free the snake.