Found this little guy today...just starting out in life......probably only a few days old and already fending for itself. It's a baby Tiger Snake from one of the suburbs along the Yarra in Melbourne.
To give you an idea of the size..its head is about 7mm long, the whole body 20cm and its thickness about half that of a pencil!
Things aren't the best in its habitat at the moment.....haven't been there for a month or so and now it's completely dry. Saw a couple of adults this morning...both looking a bit skinny. I've seen a couple of pairs of Tiger Snakes mating this season.....so perhaps this little fella is the outcome of one of those encounters. Tiger Snakes have lots of babies...anywhere from 20 to 80 so the odds are further stacked against it. Let's hope it can find some frogs or skinks small enough to eat, and is lucky enough not to have any encounters with Kookaburras, cats, other snakes or people!
To give you an idea of the size..its head is about 7mm long, the whole body 20cm and its thickness about half that of a pencil!
Things aren't the best in its habitat at the moment.....haven't been there for a month or so and now it's completely dry. Saw a couple of adults this morning...both looking a bit skinny. I've seen a couple of pairs of Tiger Snakes mating this season.....so perhaps this little fella is the outcome of one of those encounters. Tiger Snakes have lots of babies...anywhere from 20 to 80 so the odds are further stacked against it. Let's hope it can find some frogs or skinks small enough to eat, and is lucky enough not to have any encounters with Kookaburras, cats, other snakes or people!
