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[peterjohnson64]

I'm with Mags. A white snake with Diamond markings on it. Firstly, if this guy is merely a farmer and not a herper how does he know what Diamond markings are anyway??? Only today I had lunch with a guy who told me of his nephew who kepts snakes just like mine. Only white. Yeah, little skinny ones. I know another local farmer who can sex red bellies as he drives past them in his ute. There is no problem with these people not knowing their snakes as well as they think they do but you need to take their word with a bit of caution.

If is it a Diamond then it must be an escaped pet because there ain't any wild ones up there. And what are the chances of an escaped pet white snake on the gold coast being a Diamond as opposed to, say, as Mags said, a Corn, or a boa or even a Burmese (small ones of course). It could, of course, be a Darwin.

But mate by all means check this out. if it is a Diamond in Qld then it shouldn't be released anyway as it is not native to the area.

But please, let us all know what it turns out to be (unless of course it is a Diamond - then lie and say it was a corn anyway so that we don't all try to bust down your doors)