snake ID please

[julespython]

can somone id this elapid for me. i found it in a town near ballarat which is a town near melbourne for those of you that dont know ha. sorry about the poor picture quality.

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[snakerelocation]

might be helpfull if you had a picture that actually included the head...

 

[richoman_3]

either dwyers or little whip, get a shot of the head

 

[cheekabee]

Looks like a little whip snake, Rhinoplocephalus flagellum[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]. [/FONT]

 

[richoman_3]

Looks like a little whip snake, Rhinoplocephalus flagellum.

parasuta*

 

[cheekabee]

Oh crap Parasuta flagellum

 

[BIGBANG]

BROWN SNAKE MATE DROP IT AND RUN FOR THE HILLS............little whip snake going by the black outline around the scales but would be handy to see the head

 

[Bluetongue1]

If you genuinely want a positive ID you have to do a lot better than that. Not only a clear head shot but also ventrals and particularly anal and sub-caudals and a side shot of the head region. In addition a description of the snake’s behaviour, what habiat it was found and how it reacted to being caught can all be of use.

If it has a dark blotch over the head with a narrow lighter band over the nostrils, as I suspect it does, then you have a Little Whip Snake Parasuta flagellum.

Blue

 

[eipper]

Within 150 Kms of ballarat are 3 species of Parasuta it is most likely P flagellum.

cheers
scott

 

[vicherps]

There are three other species of Parasuta in Victoria spectabilis being found in big desert, nigriceps being found in central and western vic and dwyeri being found from central vic throughout to the north eastern part of Victoria. Considering It is a town near Ballarat it would be a Little Whip Snake (Parasuta flagellum).