snake ID

[richoman_3]

hey guys,
found these 2 snakes (my first ever snakes ive seen in the wild) in a dry forest in altona,victoria. they were under a peice of metal tin, both about 18cm.
at first i thought they were browns but then some people said they were Suta flagellum (little whip snake)... im going with the little whip snake.
what about you guys ?

cheers Nick

 

[redbellybite]

looks like ya may be right ..did you put the tin back how you found it now THATS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ...

 

[moosenoose]

They are little whip snakes

(They do tend to look very similar to young browns, so you need to be careful, but they are definitely little whips). A mate of mine had an anaphylactic reaction to one of these little guys with dire results! So always be careful around any elapid snake, no matter how harmless they are “said” to be.

 

[richoman_3]

looks like ya may be right ..did you put the tin back how you found it now THATS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ...

sure did

we found these guys in july.
we went back last week to see if we could find them again, the place they are in is like a maze, theres these dirt paths leading everywhere, we didnt end up finding the piece of tin :/

thanks for the confirmed ID guys

 

[cadwallader]

nice find mate

 

[snowsnake]

man....Australia has some beautiful snakes!

 

[GeckoJosh]

Nice find Nick, btw they are Taipans.....

 

[richoman_3]

Nice find Nick, btw they are Taipans.....

:shock:

 

[spiderdan]

yeh the worst type of taipans, there flying taipans.

 

[richoman_3]

i should bring a riot shield with me next time if this is the case.

 

[thals]

Yep def little whips, quite common up that way, don't get as many browns as those little ones.

 

[junglepython2]

A pair too.

 

[richoman_3]

how big do these guys get ?

they were only about 18cm

 

[junglepython2]

A little bigger then those ones, they are a fairly average size.

 

[richoman_3]

A little bigger then those ones, they are a fairly average size.

oh wow, i read somewhere they got to 50cm,

 

[chilli-mudcrab]

the common flying taipan are readily found in cities as well as such I carry my riot shield 24/7 even on the trains. safety first people

 

[SomeGuy]

Way to go, giving away a decent spot to everyone on the internet who cares to read........

 

[Wally]

Way to go, giving away a decent spot to everyone on the internet who cares to read........

Altona and it's surrounding grasslands are quite large. There aren't many spots I'm unaware of, and I could probably find richomans bit of tin ( it may well be one of my tins ) but that's only because I've lived in the area for 30 years. I don't think he's given away anything to be honest.

 

[dotti1990]

altona hmmm thats where camry and aurions are made xD

 

[Wally]

Tigers, Whips and the odd Brown are made here too.