White-crowned Snake

[jimmyd]

Hey everyone

My girlfriend stumbled across this beaut little snake tonight. I was able to get fairly close for some photos. hopefully the attachments work.

cheers

jimmyd

 

[najanaja]

god there a good looking snake..
ive has a few of them and there one of the snakes i kick myself for getting rid of..
them and marsh snakes are great in your collections i reckon

 

[Glimmerman]

Cool, Thanks mate. What area was the snake found?

 

[grimbeny]

There pretty unusual.

 

[jimmyd]

Thanks, I was very surprised when i saw it, rushed to get the camera out, but this little guy was in no hurry to move. I live in Burpengary, which is about 30min nrth of brisbane, its acreage, so we get quite a few snakes around the place, the weather is getting warming every week here so I should be seeing more snakes from now on.

cheers

jim

 

[ashman07]

are they posionous, sorry "VENOMIS", how much are thye and how big do they get.

 

[adbacus]

Check this site out:

http://www.sorb.org.au/fauna/wcsnake.htm

 

[waruikazi]

Great pics mate and thanks for sharing.

 

[sammyboy]

sorry to hijack the thread but in that link adbacus put it it mentions a skink , i was wondering if there is any reason you cant go and catch these around brisbane as feeders ?? ie laws or endangered etc cheers

 

[adbacus]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but catching native lizards and skinks is totally illegal.

 

[Sdaji]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but catching native lizards and skinks is totally illegal.

You are, of course, correct. You need a permit to touch a wild reptiles, including road kill. In some states you can't legally photograph a wild reptile even if you don't touch it.