White crowned snake He's Lucky Day

[nigmax]

Found this little fella while i was cleaning up round the shed today, White crowned snake Cacophis harriettae . Lucky i was just about to fire up the whipper snipper :shock:

 

[Snow1369]

Nice...is it venomous?

 

[yuzzy]

wow, what a little beauty wish i had them racing around my shed

 

[nigmax]

Nice...is it venomous?

Yes mate but not considered dangerous.

 

[Pythonpilot]

pretty snake, got any more details?

 

[krusty]

thats cool ,i found a golden crown snake under my swag one morning and
it wasn't a very happy little snake what was that one like.

 

[nigmax]

Part of the Crown snake family, Genus CACOPHIS,
Very common in moist sheltered sites particularly successful in urban areas, this is taken fron Steve Wilsons a field guide to Queensland reptiles

 

[nigmax]

Couple more pics.

 

[zen]

What a beaut little specimen. Nice pics too.
Thanks for sharing

Cheers zen

 

[moosenoose]

Awwwwwwwww cute! So I guess you are now the one prowd owner of a Crown snake then Nick! :lol: Come on, admit it!

 

[nigmax]

Awwwwwwwww cute! So I guess you are now the one prowd owner of a Crown snake then Nick! :lol: Come on, admit it!

You would have to breed minature mice for that little sucker :shock: but your right he does have an awesome enclosure all 5 acs of it :twisted:
Got the right colours too, Hot Pies lol

 

[elapid68]

Great shots, very pretty little elapid, little fella's lucky you found him.

 

[shazam]

Wow!!!what a nice looking snake...

 

[craig.a.c]

Thats a good looking crowned snake.
How was its temperment?

 

[moosenoose]

Nick mate, the only part of that story I find hard to believe is that you were going to fire up the whipper snipper

My God, I missed picking up on that porky myself! :lol:

 

[nigmax]

Gee guys give me a break :twisted: with the new ride on we got i've have it down to a minimum but i still have to crank up the old weed basher for a least ten mins when i mow. :shock:

 

[junglemad]

i assume that is a baby? how big do they get?

 

[junglemad]

what a beast

 

[Spike14]

Nigmax have you still got the snake
If so check this link out
http://threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/tsprofile/profile.aspx?id=10117

 

[nigmax]

Hey Spike i checked a few links last night, i'm pretty sure they are still abundant up here in QLD, its NSW where they are threatened.
Cheers
Nick