Diamond python (Morelia spilota). 18th-century artwork of an Australian snake known as a diamond python. This watercolour, by the Port Jackson painter

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Diamond python (Morelia spilota). 18th-century artwork of an Australian snake known as a diamond python. This watercolour, by the Port Jackson painter, dates from circa 1790. This painter is named for the British colony in Port Jackson, a harbour in south-eastern Australia where Sydney was founded in 1788.

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Size: 2373px × 3683px
Photo credit: © NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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