The Smallest!

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Hi All
Here is something different, I diagnosed it as a hatchling white crowned snake (Cacophis Harriettae)
Please correct me if I am wrong. It was found in a brisbane garden.
I can say Ive handled Venomous snakes now! lol

http://www.aussiepythons.com/module...ery&file=index&include=view_photo.php


It was surreal to have a snake so small, it was micro!
He is now home in the leaf litter again.

 

[spilota_1]

Awwwwwww that is soooooo cute.

 

[stockeh]

does any one captive breed these guys? or know of anyone that does

 

[iluvsmyreptiles]

That is just adorable!

 

[Robert]

Yer my guess would be a White-crowned or a Dwarf-crowned snake Ads.
It is too cute though.
Why don't they visit me.

 

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Hi Robert,
They are so, so tiny you would have to sift through heaps of leaf litter to even have the slightest chance of finding one. Even then to see them would be a fluke.
This one was dug up at the gap, so i re-released him there, If I knew they were in my garden, I would have released him here, but there may be a tiny colony over there.
Its unreal to think these tiny guys exist under our noses, it has opened my eyes a lot more to how diverse snakes are. his characteristics were typical snake, which is why I put the pic in of him with his tongue out. - just unbelievably small.
You could have a huge colony in a 2' fish tank! lol

 

[soulweaver]

have no idea what type of snake but it is nice...going to keep it?

 

[marc]

Hi ad, at that age it could be either a white crowned snake (C. harriettae ) or Dwalf crowned snake (C.krefftii) both common in Brisbane

 

[danielsan]

very cool ad !
i can see your future and it holds more snakes !

 

[Slateman]

I have a nother one here.

I would not reccomend to keep this snake as pet. They are hard to feed and bit sensitive to condition they are in.

 

[westhamsc]

all i can find down here in vic is tigers browns and coppers :cry: