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Old 04-Jun-06, 08:01 PM
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White crowned snake He's Lucky Day

Found this little fella while i was cleaning up round the shed today, White crowned snake Cacophis harriettae . Lucky i was just about to fire up the whipper snipper
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Nice...is it venomous?
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wow, what a little beauty wish i had them racing around my shed
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Nice...is it venomous?
Yes mate but not considered dangerous.
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pretty snake, got any more details?
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thats cool ,i found a golden crown snake under my swag one morning and
it wasn't a very happy little snake what was that one like.
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Old 04-Jun-06, 08:19 PM
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Part of the Crown snake family, Genus CACOPHIS,
Very common in moist sheltered sites particularly successful in urban areas, this is taken fron Steve Wilsons a field guide to Queensland reptiles
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Couple more pics.
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What a beaut little specimen. Nice pics too.
Thanks for sharing

Cheers zen
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Awwwwwwwww cute! So I guess you are now the one prowd owner of a Crown snake then Nick! Come on, admit it!
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Old 04-Jun-06, 08:55 PM
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Awwwwwwwww cute! So I guess you are now the one prowd owner of a Crown snake then Nick! Come on, admit it!
You would have to breed minature mice for that little sucker but your right he does have an awesome enclosure all 5 acs of it
Got the right colours too, Hot Pies lol
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Great shots, very pretty little elapid, little fella's lucky you found him.
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Wow!!!what a nice looking snake...
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Thats a good looking crowned snake.
How was its temperment?
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Nick mate, the only part of that story I find hard to believe is that you were going to fire up the whipper snipper
My God, I missed picking up on that porky myself!
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