STIMSON'S PYTHON

Photographed near Ranner Springs, Northern Territory, April 2018

92                STIMSON'S PYTHON                 Antaresia stimsoni

AUSTRALIAN SNAKE               21

Widespread in arid Australia. generally associated with rocky outcrops, but also occurs in open plains, sheltering in termite mounds, soil crevices and in timber in watercourses. Nocturnal, eating birds, reptiles, frogs and mammals.