Aboriginal Name For Carpet Snake

Carpet snake dreaming c 1988 story of painting the carpet snake dreaming story was passed on to billy stockman tjapaltjarri.

Aboriginal name for carpet snake.

The average adult length is roughly 2 m 6 6 ft. The painting depicts the carpet snake hunting in the spiky spinifex grass which grows in abundance on the desert earth near napperby mt denison in central australia. Clifford possum tjapaltjarri carpet snake dreaming. Carpet snakes are extremely variable in colour and pattern.

Some of the best snake names have already been thought up and can be found in your favorite films novels and tv shows. Carpet snake or carpet python morelia spilota. In some dialects a snake is represented by a curvy line. The dharawal people of nsw have daning for death adder mslyas for diamond python.

There are many other animals plants and places known to the. Morelia spilota is a large species of python in the genus reaching between 2 and 4 m 6 6 and 13 1 ft in length and weighing up to 15 kg 33 lb. Variegata is the smallest subspecies typically 120 180 cm 3 9 5 9 ft in length. These include the scrub or amethystine python the taipan and the file snake each of which possesses a characteristic that was associated with the rainbow serpent however the most likely inspiration for the rainbow.

Most specimens are olive green with pale dark edged blotches stripes or cross bands. Snake stingray straw necked ibis sugar glider swan tadpole tawny frogmouth tiger snake. The carpet snake is considered a form that the rainbow serpent can take by the walmadjari people. Caboolture is an aboriginal word from the yuggera language yugarabul dialect meaning place of carpet snakes from the word kabul meaning carpet snake.

Acrylic on linen size. Carpet snake dreaming by clifford possum tjapaltjarri at the australian aboriginal art directory gallery. Gumbaynggirr aboriginal names for animals plants and places. Mcdowelli is the largest subspecies regularly attaining lengths of 2 7 3 m 8 9 9 8 ft.

Disney films can provide the best inspiration as films like aladdin tarzan and the lion king all contain snakes which could also be perfect for your pet. It was yira to 9 meters long with a body about 30 centimeters in diameter wer like the wargyl carpet python which is not related was an ambush predator which killed its prey by constriction. Clifford possum tjapaltjarri carpet snake dreaming. Quandamooka aboriginal festival carpet snake dance at tangalooma island resort sunday 26th july 2015.

The name wonambi was given to the snake because it was thought to be the dreamtime rainbow serpent. Furthermore four snakes may have served as inspiration for the rainbow serpent. Carpet python cockatoo sulphur crested cockle crab crimson rosella crow cunjevoi sea squirt currawong death adder.