Australian animals never fail to make headlines and a three-eyed snake discovered in the outback is no different.

The deformed reptile was found by Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife rangers on the Arnhem Highway near Humpty Doo, 40km outside of Darwin.

NT Parks and Wildlife confirmed the snake was born with a third eye and was not the result of two heads forging together.

“It appeared to be one skull with an additional eye socket and three functioning eyes,” they said in a post to Facebook.

“It was generally agreed that the eye likely developed very early during the embryonic stage of development.

The snake was named Monty Python. Credit: NT Parks and Wildlife

“It is extremely unlikely that this is from environmental factors and is almost certainly a natural occurrence as malformed reptiles are relatively common.”

The long carpet python, which was named Monty Python, died after it was found, NT News reports.

Ranger Ray Chatto told the newspaper the 40cm long snake was only about three months old when it was found.

“It’s remarkable it was able to survive so long in the wild with its deformity, and he was struggling to feed before he died last week.”

Its remains are now at the CSIRO in Darwin.