The snake was found at a construction site in South Auckland on Tuesday. Photo / Dylan van WinkelThe snake found by workers at a South Auckland construction site is now being housed in a laboratory as part of a specimen collection. "Based on the condition of the animal, it was probably alive [just] before that," van Winkel said. Papakura python: The snake was found in a pipe at a construction site in Papakura, South Auckland, this week. Van Winkel, who has been a herpetologist for 15 years, also works as a senior ecologist for Biosresearches.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 11, 2021 01:07 UTC