[3] They are found in rocky valleys of Kimberley region in far northern Western Australia, where they climb on low trees and shrubs of monsoon rainforest.

[8] The species is often associated with fruit-bearing trees, possibly indicating a preference of ambush sites for herbivorous animals, and also close to permanent fresh water.

The mating season is between July and August, after which the female will typically find a vacant mammal or reptile burrow (or an otherwise dark, secluded location) to occupy for a number of weeks, effectively converting the space into a nursery.

Once the eggs do begin cracking, and the young pythons finally take their first breaths of air, the likely starving and parched mother leaves her offspring in-search of nourishment, never to return.

The snakelets begin their lives by hunting larger insects, such as beetles or large crickets, before gradually moving-on to mammalian prey.

[5] This species was only filmed for the first time by wildlife conservationist Malcolm Douglas, and shown on his Kimberley Adventure Part 1.