This is not a quoll. It is a carpet python, found in the south-west of Australia and even kept by some as pets.
You haven’t lived until you’ve had a tame full-grown carpet python fall asleep around your shoulders. You just haven’t. Trust me.
This is not a quoll but it is Australian. It is a south-west carpet python being long and lazy.
It’s possible to keep carpet pythons as pets here in Western Australia with the right reptile licence. The ones i’ve met seem to have all had a lovely temperament.
This is not a quoll but it does have eyes and a spine. This is a carpet python. This is the southern variety. This one’s behind glass but if you’re in the Perth area and feel like actually handling one, Gane at West Australian Reptile Park can hook you up. You can also keep them as pets with the proper reptile keeping licence.
The Noongar word for carpet python is waakarl. If that word sounds familiar to Perth residents, it should, although this particular one wasn’t quite big enough to have created the Swan River. If you’re interested in learning more about the Noongar origin story with Waakarl creating the rivers, the custodians of the story have published it in a book called Moondang-ak Kaaradjiny which is well worth your time.