Bandy-Bandy?

[NinaPeas]

Hi Everyone,

I know (I think) this is a bandy-bandy, but I know nothing else about them. Are the venomous? Introduced? What's their range?

Sadly this little guy looks like he met an untimely demise

 

[slim6y]

Venomous, eat blind snakes, look good, easily confused with stephens (?).

A man last year was air lifted to Cairns Base Hospital after being bitten by one - he was a tour guide who tried to move it off the road. He didn't display any symptoms and was put on 'watch' only (as far as I recall).

 

[voodoo]

Bandy Bandy (Vermicella annulata) for sure. Venomous but not considerd dangerous.

 

[moosenoose]

http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/features/snakes/snakedetail.asp?TaxName=Vermicella+annulata


Awwwww I quite like the look of them I think a few people have kept, or tried to keep these at one point or another. Apparently they are hard to keep in capivity and are troublesome feeders (I think that's what I heard). They are venomous but I'm not sure they a real bitey snake.

 

[JasonL]

They are not usually bitey at all.

 

[smacdonald]

I was bitten by a small one earlier this year. Just gave me some joint tenderness for about a week.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smacdonald/362304016/in/set-72157594487941368/

Stewart

 

[HoffOff]

Bandy Bandy for sure

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

LOL there mouth is so small how did it manage to bite you??

 

[smacdonald]

With difficulty. It couldn't get its mouth around my hand on the first two attempts, but on the third attempt it managed to grab a bit of loose skin on my middle finger.

Stewart

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

wow,you are of a very priveledged few,well only one ive heard of,
but ive heard of one having a go before .
imagine the terror of having a bandy bandy attack
i can only imagine the emotional scaring you willcarry with you 4 Life:lol:

 

[smacdonald]

It was the smallest of the three bandy-bandies we found on the road that night. I'm sort of glad I didn't get bitten by a bigger one, but it would have been interesting to find out what they're capable of. Now, whenever I find a bandy-bandy (or any of the other small, 'non-bitey' snakes like Furina) I'm that little bit more cautious.

Stewart

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

its interesting to hear,there would be very little research done on these
and the effects of other small elapids ,
what toxins there venoms consist of.

ive been mock striked by a golden crowned snake,
there mouth is closed when they do this haha
i quite fond of the golden crowned snake

 

[Sdaji]

Before anyone asks, no, I've never been bitten by a Cacophis, yes, I did take the picture, no, I'm not giving out any more details!

 

[JasonL]

Ahh, now that's how you force feed the little buggers

 

[junglepython2]

Before anyone asks, no, I've never been bitten by a Cacophis, yes, I did take the picture, no, I'm not giving out any more details!

One of Ray's Sdaji?

 

[Sdaji]

Ahh, now that's how you force feed the little buggers

One of Ray's Sdaji?

:lol: :lol: :lol

Okay, I'll go so far as saying that the snake had never been anywhere near a frozen wooden board!