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19-Jul-07, 11:40 AM
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hey all, me and a couple of mates have a few acres out near warwick and on a previous trip we stumbled across a small snake about 30cm long hiding under a rock. It had a completely black head, a red body with black and white rings running around its body evry 5cms or so. I didnt have a camera with so no pics unfortuately. I have been hunting high and low to try and find out what it was but too no avail. the closest i could find on the internet was was milk snake or a californian king snake but obviously these are in america. Can anyone think of what it might have been?? will take pics if i see again. |
19-Jul-07, 11:44 AM
|  | slimin about! Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Cairns | | | | I'm certainly no snake expert - so I will stop right there!
Just replying so I can keep in touch with this thread... Sounds interesting.
Black and white stripes I know of Bandy Bandy - but the red body? |
19-Jul-07, 11:44 AM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: nth qld Age/Gender: 26  | | | | maybe a baby brown the pics i have seen on here latey have banding and a black or dk brown head. but i'm no expert.
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19-Jul-07, 11:50 AM
| | Regular Member | | | | | dont think it was a bandy bandy...it was predominently red in its body. |
19-Jul-07, 11:54 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 18 | | | | Could it have been a coral snake? I don't think they have completely black heads though... |
19-Jul-07, 11:57 AM
| | Regular Member | | | | | dumb question but do we get them in qld? |
19-Jul-07, 12:01 PM
|  | Be The Rat! Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-07 Location: SEQLD Age/Gender: 21  | | | | WHat about a juvi Colletts snake though dont know about the white stripes where they very contrast? could ahve alwyas been a tiger i've seen some odd coloured young tigers at my parents acrerage. |
19-Jul-07, 12:02 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 18 | | | If I remember well, I think QLD is the only place they occur. Could be wrong though, so your best bet would be to look it up on google  |
19-Jul-07, 12:02 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 18 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by PhilK  Sounds like any of a number of those kinda snakes (coral, milk etc) ... except of course we're in the wrong country. Hahahaha could be an escaped exotic! | We have an Australian coral snake. It's red with black and white bands, and a bit of black on its head.
EDIT: beat me to it lol. |
19-Jul-07, 12:14 PM
| | Regular Member | | | | | thanks guys....i think it must have been a aust coral snake.
Very hard to find in google when you dont know what your looking for?!?! lol
typing red and black snake gets some odd result! |
19-Jul-07, 12:48 PM
| | slimin about! Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Cairns | | | They seem like a cool snake to keep as a pet  hehe...
I didn't even know we had a coral snake like that here in Aus... Well, there's my one thing I have learnt for the day. Now I can go home and go to bed |
19-Jul-07, 01:00 PM
| | Regular Member | | | | | that website says" virtually harmless, weakly venomous" sounds comforting that we might only get ill and not die if bitten! |
19-Jul-07, 01:02 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Brisbane, Toowong Age/Gender: 20 | | | | Virtually harmless usually means you won't get ill. It might hurt a bit but. | |
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