Help with snake identification

[fwoggys]

G'day,

First time on here and I need some help identifying a snake I found in a garden clean up I was working on today. If it’s a friendly thing then ok but if it’s a venomous snake then I need to warn my client that there could be more of them.

The little guy is banded a vivid yellow and black with a flattish brown head. He was found in a backyard near bushland in the Northern Suburbs of Perth Western Australia, in some long grass that I was removing. He is about 20cm’s long and asked me to cuddle him, I am hesitant though because he is coloured like a Traffic hazard sign, should I trust him?

Can anyone fill me in on what he is? Thanks in advance
Shanwa

 

[dickyknee]

Southern desert banded snake / simoselaps bertholdi
is venomous but not dangerous ...

 

[Jen]

Jan"s Banded? Simoselaps bertholdi. Venomous but apparently reluctant to bite.

lol, beat me while i looked it up

 

[urodacus_au]

Yep, what he said, also knows as Jans Banded snake.

Jordan

 

[jimbo]

It looks to be a Jans banded snake/ Simoselaps bertholdi. Its regarded as being harmless.

 

[jimbo]

Damn it! beat me too it. But my book says its harmless.

 

[Sel]

http://www.toxinology.com/fusebox.cfm?fuseaction=main.snakes.display&id=SN0643

 

[fwoggys]

thanks guys, I havent ever held a snake and was wondering if he would oblige me. are we allowed to keep these guys as pets or do i need to put him back in the bush?

 

[urodacus_au]

Theres 2 similar species with some overlapping range, Simoselaps bertholdi and S littoralis. You can tell yours is S bertholdi by the orange edged scales and the wider band on the nape. Nice animals, been looking for them recently to photograph.

Jordan

 

[urodacus_au]

No, put it back. We can only keep 41 species in WA and they have to be sourced through licensed dealers. There are no Simoselaps on the list.

 

[Jen]

you need a license to keep any kind of rep in WA, and Jan's Banded aren't on the list of species we can keep here, so let him/her go near where you found it. apply for a license and get yourself a nice little python

 

[andyscott]

The ID has been done. I just want to say, great find and thanks for sharing the pick