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Water Python

Liasis fuscus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
20–30% · With luck
overall probability at Daintree National Park
37 Verified records at Daintree National Park
January Best month highest sighting rate
🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

The water python (Liasis fuscus) is a python species found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized. Like all other pythons, it is not venomous. Wikipedia →

20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Water Python sighting in Daintree National Park, based on 37 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Daintree National Park

Australian Scrub Python
Endemic

Australian Scrub Python

🌅 Crepuscular Reptile

Simalia kinghorni

40–50% · Likely
Carpet Python
LC Endemic

Carpet Python

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Morelia spilota

20–30% · Possible
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

20–30
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
10–20
Apr
10–20
May
20–30
Jun
20–30
Jul
20–30
Aug
10–20
Sep
10–20
Oct
20–30
Nov
10–20
Dec

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal
☀️🌙🌙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 Kakadu National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
2 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
20–30%
3 Litchfield National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
10–20%
4 Nitmiluk National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

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

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Water Python sighting in Daintree National Park, based on 37 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

January has the highest sighting rate for Water Python in Daintree National Park in our monthly data.

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