identify this snake?

[bbowie]

hi, I was at Leura in the Blue Mountains last week and I saw this snake lying in the sun right next to the road. Can anyone identify it for me please

thank you from a very newbie

 

[jase75]

Wow a very nice Diamond Python, Nice find.

 

[Reptile_Boy]

looks like a dimond pythom

 

[SCam]

diamond

 

[bbowie]

thanks guys! I'll learn more soon I hope but I thought that the diamonds were supposed to be larger and more obvious?

 

[Reptile_Boy]

there locality and pattern can misguide you. if you look closly at that dimond a normal and high yellow u can tell how they are dimonds. get a fuildguide to reptiles of australia it will help you out alot more

 

[bbowie]

thanks Reptile Boy - I see that there can be quite a bit of variation and this one looked mostly black with very little yellow and very few light spots

thanks again for your replies

 

[diamondgeeza]

And could anyone identify this one that I saw the other week at Chute Harbour, Airlie Beach? I imagine its some sort of whip snake but not to sure what type

 

[ryanharvey1993]

yellow faced whip snake, demansia pssamophis

 

[DanTheMan]

That's the weirdest Yellow-Faced iv ever seen?!

 

[ryanharvey1993]

might be some other one, just a guess from me though if it is, I do have to admit it is weird, look at the colour of its belly:shock:

 

[DanTheMan]

Oh i just looked up that place on google, its up North, so it may be something else, Not like anything iv seen before, I thought it looked like psammophis too in the 1st pic, if not then def. Demansia of some sort.

 

[Nephrurus]

A diamond in Leura! Awesome.

 

[bbowie]

it is a diamond, is it Nephrusus?

 

[ryanharvey1993]

it is a diamond, is it Nephrusus?

yep it is a diamond python

 

[bbowie]

thanks Ryan

 

[notechistiger]

A very very nice diamond python. And I wish people would stop guessing if they don't know what it is.

 

[ryanharvey1993]

A very very nice diamond python. And I wish people would stop guessing if they don't know what it is.

everyone new what it was, I dont see anyone guessing it was a diamond python

 

[BenReyn]

1st pic: Diamond Pythons (Morelia spilota spilota)
and 2nd pic Is (imo): Collared Whipsnake (Demansia torquata)

The reason for me believing it's a Collared whipsnake is because of the red belly, but collard's typically have darker colours on their backs, so I'm just guessing that it may be a dark specimen? btw. I have NO IDEA where Airies beach is, so, if it isnt where Collards are found...oops

 

[notechistiger]

I was referring the second snake.