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The Rough Scale Expedition w/ Mark O'Shea
1 hour 24 minutes Posted Dec 10, 2025 at 3:50 pm.
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In this episode, we are joined by Mark O' Shea to hear the story of the rough scaled python (Morelia carinata).


Mark has written many books including
In 2000 Mark coauthored the DK Handbook to Reptiles and Amphibians with the late Tim Halliday, this book being rebated Smithsonian Handbook in the UK and republished in at least 14 languages.
Venomous Snakes and Boas & Pythons were also published in German, Swedish, Hungarian. He also wrote a book called Nature Watch: Lizards in 2003 and that has come out in various forms since. He wrote chapters for several books ranging from endanged species too snakebite.  He is currently working on the slow-burn revision of my New Guinea snake volume and Snakes of the World, the sister books to Lizards of the World. You can have stocks of The Book of Snakes and Lizards of the World which Mark is signing and selling.
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