Eastern Brown or Coastal Taipan

[RobEvans]

Sorry if this is a well-worn question but does anybody know whether this snake is an Eastern Brown or Coastal Taipan? Spotted today at the top of Mount Beerburrum in the Glasshouse Mountains on the Sunshine Coast. Not great photos but we weren't about to get any closer (spotted in the grass from the safety of the fire watch platform).

After living in Australia for three and a half years, we finally get to see a snake and it turns out to be either the 2nd or 3rd most venomous in the world!

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[ShaneBlack]

EB

 

[junglelover01]

yeah eastern brown i'd reckon.....taipan is much lighter in colour, has a skinnier neck and a coffin shaped head

 

[jase75]

Eastern Brown.

 

[BARRAMUNDI]

EB

on to that pretty quick shane, finally a thread you are interested in hey........

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

yep what they said

 

[ShaneBlack]

Haha....I was actually on here searching for a name my bearded dragon thread.

 

[longqi]

yeah eastern brown i'd reckon.....taipan is much lighter in colour, has a skinnier neck and a coffin shaped head

Coffin shaped head is rather appropriate??

 

[BARRAMUNDI]

Haha....I was actually on here searching for a name my bearded dragon thread.

try the thread about threads, its a good read........

 

[SnakeyTroy]

I'd say EB..

 

[RobEvans]

Thanks guys - much appreciated. He was five to six feet long and minding his own business. Great to finally see one in the wild.

 

[pythons73]

on to that pretty quick shane, finally a thread you are interested in hey........

Only because it was a Elapid story.lol..

 

[mmafan555]

, we finally get to see a snake and it turns out to be either the 2nd or 3rd most venomous in the world!

Or the 38th for all we know........I would say "we finally get to see a snake and it turns out to be the 1st-50th most venomous snake in the world!"

 

[snakelady-viper]

Eb

 

[snakeluvver]

Or the 38th for all we know........I would say "we finally get to see a snake and it turns out to be the 1st-50th most venomous snake in the world!"

lol You'll never let that go hey? :lol:

 

[Waterrat]

yeah eastern brown i'd reckon.....taipan is much lighter in colour, has a skinnier neck and a coffin shaped head

For the life of me I can't see the coffin there. But it sounds pretty deadly.

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[Cockney_Red]

Black Mamba has the coffin head..

 

[JasonL]

Haha....I was actually on here searching for a name my bearded dragon thread.

Yeah, I have been away far too long.... Shane Black is interested in name my Bearded Dragon threads....

 

[GeckPhotographer]

we finally get to see a snake and it turns out to be either the 2nd or 3rd most venomous in the world!

Evidence points to all 3 Taipan species being more deadly than any other tested snake. However one of those has not had testing done on mice.
Besides heaps of people put Red Belly Blacks on the top 10 list so obviously the list is a load of crap....

 

[waruikazi]

Or the 38th for all we know........I would say "we finally get to see a snake and it turns out to be the 1st-50th most venomous snake in the world!"

Do you have OCD? You really obsess over inconsequential things.