Herping Benalla & Seymour RBBS

[andyscott]

Hi All,
Last weekend (cup weekend), Kristy and myself went up to Benalla to my uncle's farm.
As Red Bellied Black Snakes are Kristy's favorite Elapidae and she had never seen a wild one.
I realy wanted to find one for her.
We herped around the farm for a while with no luck, although we did find a few critters.

On the way home, we dropped into one of my fishing spots along the King Parrot Creek.
As It was now a mission to find a RBBS and Ive seen them there often. It took about 15 minutes to find a stunner.

Pics from around the farm.
1st 3 pics Hemiregis decresiensis (correct me if Im wrong)
4th pic, Jacky Lizard (very quick up the tree)
5th pic, A furry thing.

 

[andyscott]

Here are the pics of the RBBS at the King Parrot crk.
As you can see its in fantastic condition.

 

[LullabyLizard]

Aww I love the skink!

 

[zimbo]

very beautiful rbbs
i cant wait to spot my own in the wild

 

[itbites]

that RBBS was super relaxed!!
I'm stoked to have finally seen one in the wild....
And of course it was stunning to say the least

 

[shane14]

I've caught 3 of those skinks at my school, anybody know exactly what species they are?
Cheers Shane

 

[zan777]

Hmm... i could be wrong but that doesnt look like a jackie. too big. how big is the tree trunk?

 

[andyscott]

Hmm... i could be wrong but that doesnt look like a jackie. too big. how big is the tree trunk?

The lizard was around 25 to 30 cms total lenght.
It was pretty quick up the tree and that was the best pic I got of it.
Im not to sure that there is anything else it could be in central Vic.
Although I could be wrong.

 

[pythons73]

Good pictures Andyscott,im glad Kristy got to see a Red Belly,what size was it....

 

[andyscott]

Good pictures Andyscott,im glad Kristy got to see a Red Belly,what size was it....

It was around 4.5 to 5 foot, not huge.
Very placid and relaxed on the snake hook, I hooked it to move it to a clearing for the pics.
Once I put it back on the ground, thats when it hooded up.

 

[elapid@]

Nice RBB, i once took my partner to my dads property for a look, and as i opened the gate to enter it was like a welcome home, strait away i saw a large adult red bellied black snake in long green grass with its head up tasting the air. Its so rewarding when you come accross some thing so awsome. I was actually saying to my partner on the way that hopfully we will come accross one, and walla there it was. it was so large it left a trail of flatten grass into thick bitty bush.
cheers steve.

 

[RedEyeGirl]

Cool pics love the koala!