FROM THE ARTIST: "This painting was commissioned
for the cover of the book "Pythons of Australia" by Brian Kend, and
depicts a black-headed python (Aspidites melanocephalus), one of two members of an endemic Australian
python genus that specializes in feeding on snakes and lizards such as the
bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps), being constricted here. The black-headed python
is a nocturnal species that spends the daytime in subterranean burrows, often
inside of termite mounds. Bearded dragons are native to the eastern Australian
interior, where they are often seen basking on fenceposts and small trees.
Omnivorous eaters, they are especially fond of flowers and have become very
popular staples of the pet trade. The ranges of these two reptile species
overlap in a small area of central Queensland and Northern Territory, and it is
this region that I have tried to typify in my invented landscape. After trying
various compositions, herpetoogist Louis Porras suggested a horizontal
"wraparound" design for the book. In the background is a group of red
kangaroos (Macropus rufus) which were put there to allay any doubt as to
the location. The little flowering plant is Senecio gregorii."
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