Nice find!

[cement]

While digging in a water line on a property at the Watagans, we disturbed a couple of Red Napeds (Furina diadema). I think its a breeding pair, with the female being the larger at aprox 300mm and the male being the smaller at aprox 240mm.
After a couple of photos we put them back under their log. Maybe someone could clarify that.

Same day I stumbled upon a big old lacie that had just crawled into a shallow cave, put its back foot over its head and checked out. Winter is just to much for some.The size of its feet and head tell me it was fairly old. It was the first really warm day we have had out there since winter and they were on the move , I saw another big healthy one cruising past the house just hrs before finding this one.

 

[byron_moses]

great pics mate thanks for sharing

 

[the jungle guy]

very nice find mate

 

[Chicken]

wow great finds! Where bouts do you live? All i ever stumble across are blue tongues and the odd shingleback.

 

[pythrulz]

you find a lot of interesting snakes

 

[da_donkey]

i miss the wattos

 

[eipper]

Cement,

More than one red nape often occupy the same shelter site, especially at this time of year. Aggregations of this and many other species while often "rest together". Whether the aggregations are for breeding purposes or just that the same species has the same ecological requirements and thus seeks out the same shelter sites is unknown.

Cheers,
Scott

 

[byron_moses]

Cement,

More than one red nape often occupy the same shelter site, especially at this time of year. Aggregations of this and many other species while often "rest together". Whether the aggregations are for breeding purposes or just that the same species has the same ecological requirements and thus seeks out the same shelter sites is unknown.

Cheers,
Scott

yeah this time last year my dad and i found 5 keelbacks under the one tree stump

 

[ezekiel86]

haha thats sweet as top find...bet your where a happy herper

 

[cement]

Cement,

More than one red nape often occupy the same shelter site, especially at this time of year. Aggregations of this and many other species while often "rest together". Whether the aggregations are for breeding purposes or just that the same species has the same ecological requirements and thus seeks out the same shelter sites is unknown.

Cheers,
Scott

Thanks Scott, I have heard of colonies of red nape being very close to each other so I wasn't sure.

 

[cement]

i miss the wattos

Yeah, I doubt I'll miss the bit where I am on a shovel for four hrs getting out of there though!

 

[junglepython2]

Nice find!

Some of the small Vens are easy to sex via tail shape, if you have pics of there tails put them up.