Another snake ID

[10hcaro]

So we found this one in the back yard, not too far from the house:

http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x452/Caroline_Holley/DSCF1387.jpg
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x452/Caroline_Holley/DSCF1386.jpg

Doesn't look like any other snake we've seen around here (usually carpets, tree snakes and brown snakes) and he was only ~50 cm long.

 

[HILDY]

keelback

 

[ecosnake]

+1 keelback

 

[10hcaro]

South East QLD. I just googled "rough scaled snake" and it says that it flattens its body when threatened - exactly what it did when it saw us coming. Seems like that's the answer

EDIT: didn't see the other posts when I put up my reply - now I'm just not sure :/

 

[Specks]

its a keelback
keelback's smile

 

[HILDY]

just what i was about to say, look at his smile

 

[10hcaro]

Well if it is a keelback, that would be a huge relief!! Rough scaled snakes sound pretty venomous

 

[abnrmal91]

It will be either a keelback or a rough scaled snake I would keep my distance just in case it is a rough scaled snake

 

[10hcaro]

We were just worried about the proximity of it to the house - it's disappeared now

Lol, a website says it is often confused with a rough scaled snake (and vice versa)

 

[abnrmal91]

Thats good it shouldn't be hiding inside your pillow so you should be safe lol

 

[i8ak9]

beautiful, is it not?

 

[snakeluvver]

Roughies and keelbacks look VERY similar in the way they look and act and where they live. But I reckon its a keelback.

 

[10hcaro]

I thought the patterns looked beautiful, yes. We also live near a large river and creek system, and have plenty of frogs - which apparently (thank you google) is what they like. So I'll stick to keelback, but I won't go near it all the same

 

[jase75]

It's a Keelback, not a Rough Scaled.

 

[snakeluvver]

If you find another, be careful anyway as it could be a rough next time and if you get bitten go to the hospital because you dont know what it may be.

 

[10hcaro]

If you find another, be careful anyway as it could be a rough next time and if you get bitten go to the hospital because you dont know what it may be.

We never go near/touch any wild snakes or assume how dangerous it is (treat them all like they're dangerous) - we used to get a few red bellies and we still see browns, so we just let them mosey around and mind their own business

 

[snakeluvver]

We never go near/touch any wild snakes or assume how dangerous it is (treat them all like they're dangerous) - we used to get a few red bellies and we still see browns, so we just let them mosey around and mind their own business

Good to hear Theres some people who assume that a venomous snake t's a green tree snake or something, and stupidly try to pick it up. So congrats for not being one of those people

 

[10hcaro]

Good to hear Theres some people who assume that a venomous snake t's a green tree snake or something, and stupidly try to pick it up. So congrats for not being one of those people

Prime candidates for the Darwin Awards!

 

[fugawi]

Next time you see it, see if you can take a photo or just see the scales between the nostril and the eye. If it has a star like scalature it is a Roughy, if it has a line between the nostril and eye from a single scale (Loreal scale) then it is probably a Keelback. Be very careful because Roughys are highly venomous and if you are not 100% sure, treat it as if it WERE a Rough Scaled.