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 ...

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.

Cairns Aquarium given 4.5m long snake, which it hopes will become Australia’s longest python Does a python as long as a Holden Commodore have the “drive” to become Australia’s longest ...