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    • Antaresia maculosa
    • Antaresia maculosa brentonoloughlini
    • Antaresia maculosus
    • Liasis maculosus
  • English
    • Eastern Childrens Python
    • Eastern Small-blotched Python
  • German
    • Gefleckter Zwergpython

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What

Spotted Python

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Nov 17, 2012

Place

Undara, Queensland, Australia (Google, OSM)

Description

Positioning itself to catch bats at the mouth of a cave.

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What

Antaresia maculosa

Observer

robertsprackland

Date

the past

Place

Weam airstrip, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (Google, OSM)

Description

First record for this genus outside Australia. Discovered with Mark O'Shea and Ilaiah Bigilale, under remnant corregated metal strips.

Full PDF paper describing the finding of these snakes ( 2004. Mark O’Shea, R. Sprackland, and Ilaiah Bigilale. First record for the genus Antaresia (Squamata: Pythonidae) from Papua New Guinea. Herpetological Review 35(3): 225-227) available at http://robertsprackland.webs.com/apps/documents/

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