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17-May-08, 10:45 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Bathurst Gender:  | | | Who has seen the most species of Aust. Snakes in the wild? Im interested to know how many different species of Aust. snakes u have seen in the wild???? Iv seen 12 different species,Brown Snake,Tiger Snake,RBBS,Copperhead,Blind Snake(Proximus), Dwyers Snake, Yellow face whip Snake, Small eyed Snake, Red Naped Snake, Brown tree Snake, Carpet and diamond pythons. | 
17-May-08, 11:31 PM
|  | He wont bite you!! Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Melbourne Age/Gender: 31  | | | The only snake i have seen in the wild is a Tiger when i was 8 and i must say i ***** myself  
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17-May-08, 11:40 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Bathurst Gender:  | | | | Well im winning so far on 12!!!! Can anyone beat that? | 
17-May-08, 11:48 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: CQ | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jase75 Can anyone beat that? | I can beat that.
But im sure there are many members here who it would be easier for to list the species that hey havnt seen.
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17-May-08, 11:57 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Sydney Gender:  | | | i bet many members can beat 12, just by looking in their herp room 
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18-May-08, 12:03 AM
|  | Rough-Scale Addict Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Queensland | | | | Unfortunately I think that might contravene the 'in the wild' rule... | 
18-May-08, 12:21 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: Brisbane Gender:  | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by jase75 Im interested to know how many different species of Aust. snakes u have seen in the wild? | Not enough. I've seen 39 Australian snake species in the wild. 161 to go.
Stewart
Edit: plus two unidentified species of blind snake, probably Ramphotyphlops nigrescens and Ramphotyphlops proximus.
Last edited by reptilesDownUnder; 18-May-08 at 12:34 AM.
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18-May-08, 12:23 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Bathurst Gender:  | | | | Wow thats awesome Reptiles Down under !!!!! Ur definately in the lead. | 
18-May-08, 12:30 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: May-08 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 24  | | | I haven't seen to many  but the ones i have seen
Green tree snake
brown tree snake
coastal carpet
Eastern brown
Red belly black
white crowned snake
blind snake
funny story about one of the red belly black snakes i've seen. was having lunch at work "construction site at amberley" everyone was having lunch and one of the guys pointed right next to the foreman and yelled black snake shoulda seen the foreman, ran about 50 metres down the road.
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18-May-08, 07:22 AM
|  | steve Subscriber | Join Date: Mar-07 Location: gold coast Gender:  | | | one's i have seen and caught,
tiger snake, brown snake, red bellied black snake, yellow faced whip snake, coastal pythons, brown tree snake, green tree snake, small eyed snake, blind snakes, common death adder, golden crowned snake,keelback, stephens banded,pale headed, and most of all a coastal taipan that bit me several times on the face ha ha ha ha | 
18-May-08, 11:04 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: mid north coast of NSW Age/Gender: 15  | | | ive seen
curl snake
eastern small eyed snake
eastern brown snake red bellied black snake
bandy bandy
blackish blind snake
green tree snake
dwarf crowned snake
marsh snake
yellow faced whip snake
intergrate python
coastal carpet
think thats it
oh and a golden crowned snake
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18-May-08, 11:06 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Dec-06 Location: mid north coast of NSW Age/Gender: 15  | | | | plus ive seen all the snakes above dead on the road and a dead desert death adder at kings cannon, a dead rough scaled, and a dead eastern tiger in the great divide | 
18-May-08, 11:09 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Brisbane, Queensland Age/Gender: 13  | | | I've seen a Brisbane Carpet(Coastal), Oenpelli, Woma, RBBS, Brown/Mulga snake, Yellow faced whip snake, Blind snake, White crowned, Spotted, Death Adder, Tiger snake, Copperhead, Brown tree snake, Common tree snake, Green tree python, Green tree snake and a keelback. | 
18-May-08, 11:13 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-08 Location: Brisbane, Queensland Age/Gender: 13  | | | | You see the odd one roaming around Brisbane, this was 3 years ago. | 
18-May-08, 11:15 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-08 Location: Bathurst Gender:  | | | So u seen a GTP around Brissy Trouser?????? |  | | |