Australian Scrub Python
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Australian Scrub Python

Simalia kinghorni

Endemic
40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Daintree National Park
154 Verified records at Daintree National Park
August Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Australian scrub python (Simalia kinghorni), also known commonly as Kinghorn's python and simply as the scrub python is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is indigenous to forests of northern Australia. It is one of the world's longest and largest snakes, and is the longest and largest in Australia. In 2014 it was reclassified to the genus Simalia from Morelia, alongside the rest of the scrub python species. Wikipedia →

40–50% of wildlife watchers report a Australian Scrub Python sighting in Daintree National Park, based on 154 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Daintree National Park

Carpet Python
LC Endemic

Carpet Python

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Morelia spilota

20–30% · Possible
Water Python
LC

Water Python

🌙 Nocturnal Reptile

Liasis fuscus

20–30% · With luck
Spotted Python
LC

Spotted Python

🌙 Nocturnal Reptile

Antaresia maculosa

5–10% · With luck
Black-headed Python
LC Endemic

Black-headed Python

☀️🌙 Day & Night Reptile

Aspidites melanocephalus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

30–40
Jan
40–50
Feb
30–40
Mar
40–50
Apr
40–50
May
40–50
Jun
40–50
Jul
50–60
Aug
40–50
Sep
40–50
Oct
40–50
Nov
30–40
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
40–50%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Australian Scrub Python in Daintree National Park?

About 44% of wildlife watchers report a Australian Scrub Python sighting in Daintree National Park, based on 154 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Australian Scrub Python in Daintree National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Australian Scrub Python in Daintree National Park in our monthly data.

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