demansia psammophis

These are photos from the Dharawal area and Jervis Bay. I visited Jervis Bay last weekend and Dharawal today (Sat 22 Aug). Although this is August and technically winter, the weather has been mild and spring seems to have arrived a little early this year. Many plants are in full flower and a...

August is the final month of winter in Wollongong and it has begun to warm. The weather this weekend was beautiful so I went out for awhile on each day. A few reptiles were out and also enjoying the sunny conditions. I decided to produce a short post of what I photographed as well as include...

The weather today was mild with a temperture of about 18C. My wife and I decided to go on a picnic. After a last minute change of plans, we decided to go on our usual walk at Royal National Park. We start at Garie Beach and then follow the Great Coast Walk to the Wattamolla area before...

If I've done this right heres a pic of a snake we spotted in the sand dunes of Innes National Park last weekend. We don't know a lot about snakes so have tried to look it up in books etc but still uncertain what type it is. Not a very good pic I'm afraid but you can just see the beautiful...

gday, anyone here specialise in breeding elapids? wondering how hard it is to get the hatchlings feeding once born and whats the best thing to get them going on.

I was looking though an old herp book of mine by Peter Mirtschin and Rickard Davis 1986 edition and was admiring the Albino Tiger and was wondering, are there many Albino Elapids in private collections. I have managed to scan a photo of the Albino Tiger in my book but would love to see pics if...

Firstly, Merry Christmas to everyone! My son, Nicholas, and I just returned from a quick camping trip out to the Warrumbungle National Park near the little town of Coonabarabran, NSW. This park is a 6-hour drive from Wollongong. We try to visit it at least once a year for its excellent...

My sister-in-law freaked out when she found this little visitor on her daughter's thongs one morning.. she took some snap shots before leaving home, by the time she got home it had moved on. Thought I'd share. Not sure what it is (I'm still a bit green when it come to identifying snakes) but...

am going to Eyre Peninsula S.A. over christmas, wondering if anyone might know what sort of specimens one might encounter, tryed googling and etc... with next to no help. any input appreciated.:)

Hi, I was wondering if the color of your snake will change, based on the environment it lives in? Is this possible. Eg, say if you have heaps of green/bright items in your enclosure, will it adapt to it and say after a few shed, shed like a brighter coloration? i have a 10mth md

Hay everyone, i just want to know how many people have whip snakes in there collection as i am trying to purchase one and wanted to know how common they are in captivity... yep pics would be great :D .

Nearly run this little bloke over today,was going for lunch,he was sitting on the road in a quiet street.Took the picture with my phone wish i had my good camera as he sat still for ages.

G'day everyone, I realise that I don't have much information to give here but I thought I'd try my luck anyway. My cousin says he has a small snake living in his garden. He says it's definitely not a python. It's about 1ft long so it's probably still a juvenile. It moves very fast and it...

here's a few for you's from this month..

I am trying to put together a full list of species that would be found in warrumbungles national park to save me having to look through my books, so just wondering, what species hae you seen there? thanks

Found this little fella dead in the driveway last night and am just wondering what it is! Any info would be good... Cheers, Dave

One morning while staying at Mission Beach, QLD, I got up at 3:30 am and drove south for three hours to Mt. Elliot in Bowling Green National Park. This park is situated a little to the south of Townsville. I wanted to arrive soon after sunrise since lizards at that time of the day tend to bask...

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...

Hi All, I was seeking a bit of help. I am trying to find some information on some specific australian snakes.I have been searching madly but to no avail. If anyone could help that would be greatly appreciated. I am after information regarding to the number smooth or keeled scales, Mid-body scale...

This is a great time of the year to see a variety of reptiles. Young of the year are everywhere and all of the reptiles seem to be actively searching for their final meals before the arrival of winter. Yesterday, the weather was perfect so I went for a long walk at Royal. Last Saturday, I...

Ahoy, After an I.D. on this guy we found at cedar creek, just outside of Brisbane. I'm thinking whip snake of some sort, but if it's not a python I got no idea... Damn I hope these pictures upload properly...

hey i saw this snake next to my pathway today and i think it is a whip snake but i am not sure does anyone know what kind of snake it is. Harley

Still no field herping section so it'll soon be lost... Just got back from the mallee in SW NSW, we were trapping at a couple of sheep stations near Pooncarie :lol: At the homestead we stayed at there were plenty of frogs out at night (we were right on the Darling River) This tree...

if you know some is getting wild caught reptiles should you report them or name and shame them on here

Took this photo of an unusually coloured Whipsnake my wife found in our backyard yesterday. Looks very different to all the others that we have found on our property. Cheers, Craig

Hello everyone, I just got back from a holidays in the whitsunday islands and while there i found the most beautiful tiny little snake in the bush. He was about 2-3 ft, and about as thick as a finger. Green to olive colouring on top with little white stripes across his eyes, but the most...

Mum just called saying she found a snake in the backyard, its between 80cms and 1m long, greyish in colour, very slim. they live in Westleigh a few houses up from the bush, westleigh for the non local people is in NSW, kinda between hornsby and epping, about 20kms from sydney. my guess is...

Hi all, Here is a little guy i relocated at work today. It's a juvi Yellow Faced Whip Snake - Demansia psammophis psammophis. He had a great litle temperatment and awesome colouring with red running through the mid bodies and a blue through the sides and ventrals and you can't beat...

i just want to know what Colubrids and Elapids u can have on a recrational licence

I've just been cleaning up some old files on the computer and found all of these. They were all taken between 4-7 years ago i think, on a film camera and would have been scanned to the computer a few years back. Hope you enjoy them as much as i just did, so many memories.. :)

We have just caught a White Eyed Whip Snake on our verandah. Now sitting in a bucket. It is definately not a Yellow Faced Whip Snake. How venomous are these little fellas please? Cheers Cheryl. PS Will take a pic and post it here asap.

Hi i was wondering how much a breeding pair of Yellow-faced Whipsnakes (Demansia psammophis) are worth and what licence is recqired thankyou any help is great

i'm at my mums place in caboolture and just found a yellow-faced whipsnake but it doesnt have the yellow head, will get pics up when i get home, does anyone know what these are worth and if i need a specialist licence for them, i would really love to get one

just though i would throw the question out there to all u crazy ven keepers..... have u been tagged and what by? when did it happen? how much did it hurt? and have u got any pics? cheers damian

Ok put your thinking caps on, heres one to kick it off.

G'day, The Sherm and I did a touch of herping, didnt find too much but found this little guy. We thinks it's a young Brown Snake...what do you reckon ay? It was found in south western Sydney. We also found this little fella, along with a few others that were just too quick...

Hi just got this little fella in our front yard Have i identified it correctly ?Sorry for the bad pics :( After a While of holding him He started drolling venom and flicking himself around a bit ,Not overly aggresive just wanting to get away he never struck at me . [/img]

Could someone please explain what the bite of an adult carpet feels like.. what kind of pain? and perhaps similar to the bite of something else? I've never had the pleasure :wink: and I'm finding out some info for "show and tell" for primary children and I bet that's something they are...

looking throw the list of restricted reptiles. in qld this are the snakes Black snakes - pseudechis spp Broad-headed ? hopocephalus spp Brown snakes- pseudonaja spp Collett?s ? pseudechis colletti Copperheads- austrelaps spp Death adder ? acanthopis spp Eastern small-eyed ...

A few days ago I found a purple tree snake is was about 60cm it had yellow band across the lenght of its body and two yellow stripes acosse its eyes. I tryed to catch it so I could take a pic but in went into a bush and I lost it so I got no pics of it. I have found heaps of green and purple...

I have 1 female Bredli (5 months old) and 1 male MD (6 months old). I plan on a BHP in the future. What do you guy's have?

Here is a pic of my hand after a hatchling mulga snake had a little bit of a chew on me - the snake was only about 30 cm long. This bite led to hospitalisation and an operation was needed.

My snakes are all northern species, Stimsons, Brown tree snakes and soon a Bredli. I am wondering does that mean I should hibernate them for a short time only? And just how cool should I let the enclosures get considering winter temps are extremely low in my area. Do pythons like Bredli's...

Is the Bredl's Python named for Rob Bredl's family? I have been wondering this for awhile but it just occured to me because Killer Instinct is on. Not sure if you have that there.