This guy was just wiggling through my lounge room.
Is it a blind snake?
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Live Port Douglas QLD
How many of those occassions were during or shortly after rain? How many animals are we talking about and over what period of time? There may well be a difference between the east coast and WA sands. Over east they are mostly encountered sheltering under rocks and logs or under suitable surface debris. I have never been one for busting up termite mounds (or ants nests) but the tell me they are also found occupying the galleries of these.
Blue
My apologies for not addressing your original comment. I was distracted by your observations (now reinforced by those of Echiposis). I did take poetic licence in using the term “unusual” as I was focussed on emphasising how unusual an occurrence a blindsnake inside a house was. On the east coast at least, locating them above ground is not unusual but it only happens occasionally.I wouldn't say it's that unusual, not as common as other snakes but here in Perth the only time I have seen R. pinguis is active on the surface. I have found a number of R. australis surface active. and nearly took a leak on R. hamatus up north as it was surface active a few metres away from the car. I have also seen and heard other accounts, So they certainly move about at times.
Thanks for that info. Do you have any potted plants or a planter box or anything else containing potting mix or soil in it, in or on the same level as your lounge room? Did the description I provided earlier match your critter?Hey Blue. This is the 2nd one of these to come in over the last 3 months. Both times after rain. They also seem to travel a bit to do it because to get to my lounge room they have to get around the pool which is right up to my patio & then cross that to step up into my lounge room. Concrete/tile 100% of the way & a good 10+ metres of it.
I would also have to think its Flower Pot type because even though I live FNQ Port Douglas my house is pretty much smack bang in the middle of a fairly new housing estate (though it was a cane field prior to that) though we do get a few water pythons in the street.
Thanks for that info. Do you have any potted plants or a planter box or anything else containing potting mix or soil in it, in or on the same level as your lounge room? Did the description I provided earlier match your critter?
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