Australia is home to the amethystine python. It is also known as scrub python. This non-venomous snake is among the largest pythons. It thrives in rai ...

Scrub Pythons have been known to prey on full grown wallabies to snack on. Ms Rutland believes the python that attacked her son had been around the property for about 18 months.

Siam has since grown to a whopping 4.572 metres long. Mr Wiedman said that was about average for a captive scrub python, while wild ones usually grew to about 5 or 5.5 metres.

A panic-stricken resident of Flying Fish Point in Queensland called out a snake catcher after spotting the massive scrub python trying to eat his German Shepherd last Friday.

Police officers out on a routine night patrol in Australia stumbled across what turned out to be the largest snake in the country. Sergeant Ben Tome and Acting Senior Constable Chris Kenny stumbled ...