Is this a coastal?

[spanna_spamload]

hey guys my friend found this snake in his laundry in north QLD and i know the pic is crap (not mine) but Im not really sure if its a coastal or not looks to me to be exotic, any suggestions?

cheers

 

[No-two]

Looks like a corn snake to me... Not Australian.

 

[TigerCoastal]

bet me to it no-two

 

[pyrodarknessanny]

that my friend is a corn snake, no question about it!

 

[Jessica_lee]

where was it found?

 

[spanna_spamload]

yeh cheers, thought it was something along those lines, the blotchy bits of red gave it away

 

[spanna_spamload]

it was in cairns

 

[AllThingsReptile]

take it to authorities/report it to authorities
not wanted here

 

[Sterlo]

ahahahah what a find a teachers aid ay my school found one of these too

 

[Pythons Rule]

tell him not to release it and take it to your closest wild life park or who ever the authorities are in his area

 

[syeph8]

real question is, why are you free handling this snake when (although not dangerous) you dont know what it is. although it constricts, it is a colubrid so therefor lacks the distinguishing characteristics of pythons. point being. obviously not a python, you obviously didnt know what it was, you obviously should not have been free handling it.
not trying to sound harsh or anything.. but if you dont know what it is.. leave it alone! number one rule of herping...

 

[AllThingsReptile]

real question is, why are you free handling this snake when (although not dangerous) you dont know what it is. although it constricts, it is a colubrid so therefor lacks the distinguishing characteristics of pythons. point being. obviously not a python, you obviously didnt know what it was, you obviously should not have been free handling it.
not trying to sound harsh or anything.. but if you dont know what it is.. leave it alone! number one rule of herping...

agreed

 

[spanna_spamload]

a friend found it, I never saw the snake or anything he just showed me this pic, the photo was blurry so i was not sure of what it was. Ill back myself in IDing most of the snakes found in FNQ

 

[syeph8]

ahh ok. well slap your friend in the face very hard and repeat what i said. explain things like heat pits, eye location and pupil shape, head size/shape vs body shape, scale arreangements etc

 

[cris]

Its a corn snake, you grill them to make nachos.

 

[H.bitorquatus]

give ya hundred bucks for it, can ya ship to penriff?

 

[Amby_Purr]

American corn snake (Primary Industries & Fisheries, Queensland)

It's a real shame that it's illegal to keep these - most people who hold a reptile license are unlikely to be letting them go in their area, or hold them dangerously (wildlife wise) and they're such a pretty snake. oh well... can't have them hurting our own snakes and wildlife i guess.

 

[Troyster]

a friend found it, I never saw the snake or anything he just showed me this pic, the photo was blurry so i was not sure of what it was. Ill back myself in IDing most of the snakes found in FNQ

I find it interesting that you say you would back yourself IDing most snakes found in FNQ however you thought this was a Coastal?

 

[Amby_Purr]

yeah, I didn't even know what a corn snake looked like at first until it was mentioned here, but I knew it wasn't a coastal - partly because I have a coastal, and partly because the snake was an overly reddish colour, which I haven't seen in any of the carpets.

 

[python_dan89]

thats crazy whats he done with it?