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Woma Python
Woma Python (Aspidites ramsayi) is a close relative of the Black-heade python (Aspidites melanocephalus), and resides in a broad band across Central Australia's desert interior. Like the black-headed python, it feeds on other snakes. This is why the Woma and Black-headed python do not carry the angular head synonymous with pythons generally. This is because they do not need thermal pits in their jaw line to detect heat from mammals.
Unfortunately, this Woma is not wild, but in an educational display that travels around country shows, teaching people snake safety (pretty important in a country that is home to seventeen of the top twenty most venomous land snakes on the planet!).
Nikon D700
Nikkor 24-70mm f2.8
''Aspidites ramsayi'', commonly known as Ramsay's python, woma, and sand python, is a species of snake endemic to Australia. Once common throughout Western Australia, it has become critically endangered in some regions.
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