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wombey
wrote:
12 Jan 2026
What can one say, finally one has turned up. one way to prove it was born and bred in the area rather than some escapee would be by stable isotope sampling. For that, samples would be required from the animal. Based on the Cuppacumbalong records it seems possible and most likely to be a local resident, a sentiment I am happy to support!
Morelia spilota spilota
DonFletcher
wrote:
12 Jan 2026
Hi Michael and everyone. Many many thnks for alerting me. The location of this sighting is well away from roads open to the public and about 10 km from the nearest suburb.
I have waited years to see this. Matt Higgins has read the deSalis Diaries from Cuppacumbalong and told me that they recorded killing a lot of this species. (Some were the coastal Diamond Python colour form like this one and others were the Murray or Inland Carpet Python colour form). I always wondered if there were pythons surviving from that era (they are astonishigly cryptic animals) and hoped that at some stage wild ones would begin showing up. Interestingly this sighting was only about 5 kilometres from Cuppacumbalong HS. @wombey
I have waited years to see this. Matt Higgins has read the deSalis Diaries from Cuppacumbalong and told me that they recorded killing a lot of this species. (Some were the coastal Diamond Python colour form like this one and others were the Murray or Inland Carpet Python colour form). I always wondered if there were pythons surviving from that era (they are astonishigly cryptic animals) and hoped that at some stage wild ones would begin showing up. Interestingly this sighting was only about 5 kilometres from Cuppacumbalong HS. @wombey
Morelia spilota spilota
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
12 Jan 2026
Looks like "natural coloration" which may support it being a wild individual- if so it is a highly significant record @WillO @DonFletcher what do you think?
Morelia spilota spilota
Significant sightings
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