Found throughout New Guinea, including on the islands of Salawati and Biak, Normanby, Mussau and Emirau, the white-lipped python (Bothrochilus albertisii) is a large, non-venomous snake, the females ...

Meet the rainbow serpent: the white-lipped python. As far as heads go, this is an impressive one. Belonging to the brightly iridescent white-lipped python, this snake is as unique as it is beautiful.

The python believed to have inspired the rainbow serpent of Aboriginal mythology is being saved from extinction by a Northern Territory reptile expert.