Can anyone identify this dead snake for me?

[clop]

Greetings from Adelaide.

I am trying to identify this dead thing. Can anyone help? It looks like a snake to me but I guess it could be a lizard? Does anyone know what it is? It was found in the Adelaide Hills area of SA last week.

Thank you,

clop

 

[ex1dic]

ermm, where did ya find it??

 

[snakes4me2]

Na looks like fish bait to me lol.

Welcome to Aps clop

 

[Mayo]

Could be a pygmy python, or legless lizard at that size hard to tell. head looks like it could be a ven though.

 

[Zeus_the_beardie]

looks like a shedded skin of something

 

[TrueBlue]

could possibly be a pygmy copperhead.?

Hard to say just looking at the pic, need to see it in person to be sure.

 

[clop]

looks like a shedded skin of something

I don't think it's a shedded skin. It has a backbone.

Thanks for the welcome.

clop

 

[whiteyluvsrum]

legless lizard, i can see ear holes?
or am i just seeing things?

 

[whiteyluvsrum]

they have a more pointy head, though?

 

[Magpie]

Greetings from Adelaide.

I am trying to identify this dead thing. Can anyone help? It looks like a snake to me but I guess it could be a lizard? Does anyone know what it is?
Thank you,

clop

Does it have a pelvis?

 

[ex1dic]

ermm, where did ya find it??

was it found in scrub? fields?

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

its a legless lizard, belly scales seem to be of a lizard,pygopus ?or delma something?

 

[cyclamen]

could be a burtons legless lizard

 

[whiteyluvsrum]

have you been watching steve's dvds melgalea? where he go's and saves those burtons legless lizards from the bushfire?

 

[Jungle_Freak]

looks like a hatchling legless lizard to me ,

 

[nathanbrisvegas]

doesnt have a pointed snout like a burtons i would say some sort of legless lizard or small elapid

 

[clop]

ermm, where did ya find it??

It was lying under a pile of bricks in the garage.

clop

 

[cris]

Looks abit like a lizard to me, the head doesnt seem to be very distinct from the neck but i guess there could be elapids that look like that too:?
As for a specific species, genus or family no idea

 

[geckodan]

My best guess would be a species of Lerista spp. skink. The tail is still original looking and therefore this should rule out any pygopod as they have a tail at least twice as long as their SVL. This one appears to be about half and half. Depending on the species, the genus varies from 4 limbs to no limbs with every variation in between

 

[cris]

My best guess would be a species of Lerista spp. skink. The tail is still original looking and therefore this should rule out any pygopod as they have a tail at least twice as long as their SVL. This one appears to be about half and half. Depending on the species, the genus varies from 4 limbs to no limbs with every variation in between

Yeah thats what i meant to say