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Rare sighting of huge python in South Australian national park

In a rare sighting, a massive python was spotted at a national park in South Australia's northern Eyre Peninsula.

The south-western carpet python was spotted by reintroduction ecologist Tali Moyle at the Gawler Ranges National Park and was posted to South Australia's National Parks and Wildlife Services Instagram account as it slithered along a dusty trail.

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A long carpet python on a red dust track in South Australia

South-western carpet pythons – also known as Morelia imbricata – can grow anywhere from two-and-a-half metres to three metres in length and are usually nocturnal but occasionally bask in the sun.

Their natural habitats usually consist of patches of bushland, rocky outcrops and catchment areas.

The species of snake is native to Western Australia's south and South Australia's west.

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