I have no idea...

It looks like Northern Natal area...



Thanks,

Gerhard

Geez...is that a big rock python? Nasty.

You sure that is not in South America?

That looks very much like a Green Anaconda - that very heavy body (they like wetlands) and those dark elliptical body markings, olive colour.....thats my vote

That is the very elusive Speed Bump snake, he's just about in place to slow down those speed-demon drivers of the bush.

_Baxter

Thats definately not an African Rock python...

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It looks like Northern Natal area...

Gehard, are you sure this photo was taken in Africa that round spots on the python at the bottom and the big triangular shape on top of it doesn't make it look like a African rock python.


Look at the pattern on this african rock python.

Size, markings and that rudder like tail probably/must make it a python of some kind, don't know what kind though - I've only ever seen one close to that size, and that was in the Selous earlier this year......colouring was very similar, but the one I saw was in the water which would probably have made it look darker. - that road is two and a bit cars wide!

That's a green anaconda. That picture had to have been taken in the Amazon area somewhere.

Definitely not an African snake!!

Except for the length, it kinda looks like an African Egg-eating Snake which occurs south of the Sahara. But the AEES is known to only reach around 3 feet and that snake is certainly more than that.

My guess is that it's some sort of python.

Namibiahunter

Well, my first thought was anaconda but you said Africa...

On second thought - those rosettes on the side suggests that it is a leopard. Yup - that's wot it is.

Namibiahunter

Guys,

I have no idea what snake this is.

Thats why I asked you guys.

It might be an anaconda...

Gerhard

I'd have to cast my vote in the anaconda camp. Saw a python that large on Bongoyo Is last year. Coloring was different.

from http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/inf...unectes_murinus.html :
Eunectes murinus is dark green in color (hence the name Green Anaconda) with alternating oval black spots. Similar spots with yellow-ochre centers are along the sides of its body. The Green Anaconda has a large narrow head that is not distinct from the thick neck area. Its eyes and nostrils are set on the top of its head, which enables it to see and breathe while mostly submerged. Its body is exceptionally stocky compared to other boas and extremely muscular. This species is a constrictor and not poisonous. Adults of this species can grow to over 9 meters in length. For it's length, it is much heavier than other large constrictors, and so if weight and length are both considered, Green Anacondas are the largest snakes in the world.

Anaconda picture:
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/ja...urinus.jpg/view.html

Thanks for the info:

Gerhard

My first thoughts were pretty much dead on. . .
That is one BMF snake! YIKES!

Green Anaconda .. moving from left to right. That "rudder-like tail" is the neck and head.
The black hash-marks are clearly visible behind the eye. It is not a particularly big one.

Green Anaconda

Green Anaconda. It looks to be pushing 16-18 feet to me. Thats plenty big to me.

i have owned many large constrictors and that snake is without a doubt an anaconda

Do they make good biltong???????????

I know what kind of snake it would be if I saw it.

Keith

I have positively identified the snake as a BFS.

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Originally posted by Nickudu:
It is not a particularly big one.

Say what? Put your glasses back on. It's big enough to eat whatever it wants.

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Originally posted by Jim Manion:
I have positively identified the snake as a BFS.

+1

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Originally posted by Rusty:
My first thoughts were pretty much dead on. . .
That is one BMF snake! YIKES!

Uh-huh - I agree...
Brian

The head shape look like ever Anaconda I've seen om the Nat'l Geo. specials

Hi Jakkals, ja, as the other guys said, green anaconda, no mistake! As to the location, it is most likely to be somewhere in South America.
Cheers,
Nzou.

Here is some kind of BIG snake. Python I beleive. It was near Gweru, Zimbabwe and I didn't get any closer. It was probably a female as there were 3 young about 6' long.

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Originally posted by BaxterB:
That is the very elusive Speed Bump snake, he's just about in place to slow down those speed-demon drivers of the bush.

_Baxter

A similar photograph taken in the Pantanal.

Looks like 28 pair of Tony Lama boots to me.
I hate snakes!

Rock Python: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gregl...images&ct=image&cd=3

Reticulated Python:
http://www.bobclark.com/images/animals/gallery/Misc%20P...n%20and%20Fluffy.jpg

Two Green Anacondas:
http://www.bobclark.com/images/animals/gallery/Misc%20P...n%20and%20Fluffy.jpg
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jgkern/Green%20Anaconda.jpg

They're all Boids; old world boids are called phythons; new world boids give live birth, and old world boids lay eggs. They all have similar shaped heads with tiny scales on heads, have a stripe that runs through their eye (literally, their pupil takes up the color band that runs along the skin), much as in the picture of the anaconda. You can see it clearly in the rock python picture. Males (both old and new world), have two hook-like spurs (vestigial feet) on each side of their cloaca that they apparently use for mating.

I would have a VERY hard time telling a picture of that rock python from a boa constrictor by the coloration on its back -- but its head doesn't look right to me (too rounded, too much white, eye stripe not quite the right shape or shading).

Dan

It is obviously a common Texas Gardner Snake.

What kind of snake?

I don't care. I'm calling in for a napalm strike. Gotta soften it up a bit before I tell ya.

Thanks for all the info guys,

I had no idea I would get all this info when I asked the question.

Keep them coming.

BMFS.... lol

Gerhard

Anaconda. I've owned several large snakes and as mentioned by someone earlier its not a particularly big specimen. They get MUCH bigger.

Zimbabwe, that is a super shot of a big rock-python(s), looks like she ate something big about a week or 2 before, possibly even a grey duiker, baboon or impalla sized animal. I think that the young in this case may have actually been amorous males, especially by what I can see by the photo evidence!

I can't remember how long average hatchling pythons are, but they are probably about 50-60cm long, definitely not six foot, unless they had stayed at home with mum for some few years!
Cheers,
Nzou.