The eye-brow markings are often the only way to identify a southern Afrocan Rock-Python from its Central African cousin.


The eye-brow markings are often the only way to identify a southern Afrocan Rock-Python from its Central African cousin. Both species overlap in many parts of East Africa making identification a problem. Huge specimens are seldom encountered these days.


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Location: Katavi National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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