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A Sydney man has been charged with attempting to smuggle 44 native lizards and snakes, including a rare albino python, on a flight out of Australia.
The haul of reptiles allegedly found in the 24-year-old's luggage at Sydney Airport included 24 shingleback lizards, 16 bluetongue lizards and four snakes.
The albino python is worth about A$20,000, ($26,000) while Customs estimates all the reptiles in the smuggling attempt would fetch between A$160,000 and A$200,000 on the black market.
