Diamond Python at Cunjurong Point, NSW
Identification history
| Morelia spilota spilota | 9 Jul 2018 | CharlesDove |
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User's notes
This Python was hiding in one the refuge huts for the Little Tern Chics, it was removed by the National Parks and relocated after we reported it, not sure if we lost any chics but non were sighted near the Python
3 comments
PatrickCampbell
wrote:
10 Jul 2018
This is an interesting and valuable observation, as it documents what appears to be predation on beach nesting birds, which requires considerable venturing across open ground in order to get to the prey (assuming the coordinate precision is accurate).
It looks like a paralysis tick on its head.
It looks like a paralysis tick on its head.
CharlesDove
wrote:
11 Jul 2018
Hi Yes it is the location and it has a tick. Not only did it cross the sand but also the salt water entrance from Manyana going on its tracks.
PatrickCampbell
wrote:
12 Jul 2018
Thanks Charles. It's even more remarkable then and a fair bet that it's made the effort (with its inherent risk) on previous occasions, no doubt with the reward of a meal.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.506088-35.269300
- Places Cunjurong Point, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2015 12:00 AM Recorded on
- CharlesDove Recorded by
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Collections
CharlesDove South Coast NatureMapr Morelia spilota spilota Snakes Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Morelia spilota spilota Scientific name
- Diamond Python Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 967.3m Recorded at altitude