beautiful wild diamond in the hornsby area

[$NaKe PiMp]

being spring,its a good time to get out and about looking for herps.
i went for a bit of a look and came across a few mammmals like echidnas and bandicoots,
but also spotted this pretty diamond,just under 5 ft and a female,
quite freindly,although tried a little bite at first ,settled down quickly and didnt seem to mind being photgraphed,and tried climbing onto me a few times.
I then followed her to where she took refuge in a burrow
heres some pics

 

[bundybear]

nice find! they sure are out in numbers around here this year.
came across a nice diamond mself last week on the road at Lower Portland.
really dark colouring and very bloody cranky. will see if i can get the pics up (if you don't mind me adding 'em to your thread?)

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

nice find! they sure are out in numbers around here this year.
came across a nice diamond mself last week on the road at Lower Portland.
really dark colouring and very bloody cranky. will see if i can get the pics up (if you don't mind me adding 'em to your thread?)

oh yes lowerportland that would be a good spot being a bit further out,the diamonds are definantly on the move,always good to see at pics of them,post em up!

 

[bundybear]

ok then here we go! not great pics though, taken on the phone.
the diamond i found whilst out the back havn a fang on the bike, came around the corner doing 99 (as you do) and just managed to stay clear of hitting this one.
the beardy i found a couple of weekends ago, again when out for a ride. i stopped to get a quick pic of him and get him off the road. gave him a little nudge with the boot to get him moving.........but he decided scurrying up my boot and pants was a better option.......scared the bejesus out of me!

 

[Deleted member 9890]

thats so exciting! id love to see a diamond python in the wild! good job

 

[mattmc]

Neat as guys....only ever seen 1 wild diamond in the wild....i must get out for a herp very very soon!

 

[gelusmuse]

$NaKe PiMp you are so fortunate to see such a beauty in the wild. I haven't see one in the wild since I was a kid (30+ yrs ago) near Newcastle.

 

[ryanharvey1993]

wow nice diamond, nice pics aswell

 

[bundybear]

Neat as guys....only ever seen 1 wild diamond in the wild....i must get out for a herp very very soon!

they are pretty cool to see in the wild, especially when they're up in a small tree climbing around.
i've seen a few at the back of manly dam before, might be a good place to look around seeing as your in that area

 

[Riley]

nice find! diamonds are awesome! where abouts in hornsby was it? (if you dont mind me asking)

 

[Chris1]

awesome find!

i really need to get my lazy butt down to the bush,....!!

 

[shane14]

beautiful snake wish W.A would be allowed to keep em!!!

 

[zan777]

Ive been herping a few times and found many lizards in the blue moutains (mountain dragons, jackies and the ocassional beardie). I am yet to find a python, few red bellies. any tips for finding them, and places around blue moutains best suited to finding them?

 

[CassM]

Thats so awesome to see! I'm heading up to the Gosford area at the end of the year, I'm really hoping to see some nice herps!!

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

$NaKe PiMp you are so fortunate to see such a beauty in the wild. I haven't see one in the wild since I was a kid (30+ yrs ago) near Newcastle.

they are out there,and in some places there still plentiful

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

Ive been herping a few times and found many lizards in the blue moutains (mountain dragons, jackies and the ocassional beardie). I am yet to find a python, few red bellies. any tips for finding them, and places around blue moutains best suited to finding them?

the best way to look is on the roads at night,driving or i use motorbike to cruise along and spot things,diamonds turn up this way sometimes,but u have to be persisitant and lucky

 

[pythons73]

Very nice find $nake Pimp,they are such awesome pythons,its just a matter of being in the right place at the right time,i havent seen any pythons yet this year,but plenty of browns and red bellys,great pictures....

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

thats good i think i prefer browns and red bellies,
diamonds are good to see what size/colouring/sex

 

[pythons73]

ive came across 2 males about 5foot combating,3 foot,40cm baby Red bellys,also 2 around 5 foot browns, combating, i actually thought they were mating,until some1 on this site said otherwise,Thats the first time ive ever seen snakes combating,awesome site 2 watch...seen a couple 2-3 foot browns..heaps of beardys..

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

thats a way better find than a diamond,combating blacks and browns!
way more intresting,cause there doing something and usually makes them oblivious to your presence,so u get a good look at them