Look what I just found!!!

[Charlie]

Eastern brown, beauty too. How big?

Hard to say maybe 1.5mtr maybe slightly bigger, certainly not huge though.

 

[Dan19]

i think you mean hypo then?

 

[Charlie]

As others have said, it's definitely an Eastern Brown Pseudonaja textilis. There has only been 3 confirmed Coastal Taipans found in NSW - it would be very exciting if you found one!

Hey Jonno,
last december I saw a snake that looked quite a bit like some pics of coastal's I have seen, it was very fast so i didn't get a real good look at the shape of its head, it was really a bright golden yellow colour with a sorta white coloured head, beautiful to look at. Who knows though.

 

[notechistiger]

This is what I was talking about, except it's not het, and yes, Dan19, it was hypopigmentation, as seen through this link:

http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Leucism

As I said before, I wasn't sure if it was a proper term, and what I should have said was that I never actually researched it. So, in a way, I sorted knew what I was talking about when I said "het", except it's hypopigmentation, and it's the reduction of all colour pigmentation, not just melanin.

That's interesting. I love the internet.

~ notechistiger.

 

[Dan19]

lol, now i understand more...

 

[notechistiger]

That's what I thought.

 

[Australis]

Notechistiger,

This would mean you found a Mulga snake with pure white patches?...
Would be a rather rare find, in ANY species..

Or was it simply an animal with lighter markings?
Minus the mumbo-jumbo....

 

[Ryan93]

hey mate nice snake you have found. and what type of camra did you use to take those shots

 

[notechistiger]

I saw a juvenile eastern brown snake that was a very pale yellow, had pinkish white markings on the head and neck (instead of the typical black/dark brown head/neck patch) and it had normal eye colour, which means it qualifies as an animal with hypopigmentation.

 

[Australis]

I saw a juvenile eastern brown snake that was a very pale yellow, had pinkish white markings on the head and neck (instead of the typical black/dark brown head/neck patch) and it had normal eye colour, which means it qualifies as an animal with hypopigmentation.

Sounds like it would qualify as a reasonably normal animal... from that description...
Any chance of a photo?

In much the same vain as any slightly light coloured carpet python being tagged hypomelanistic


Cheers
Matt.

 

[notechistiger]

No, this was almost two years ago now. However, it was no where near normal brown snake colouration. I don't think pale yellow and pinkish white qualify as a normal animal.

 

[Jonno from ERD]

G'day notechistiger,

It seems we both live in the same area, and I can guarantee you that there is definitely no Mulga Snakes around here - you need to get across the Great Divide and down to about Moonie before you'll get them.

 

[kakariki]

Great pics Charlie. We get E.Browns & Tigers in our aviaries. They don't seem to be aggressive, just doing their thing. I had a brown slide over my thonged foot when I was checking on some Ringneck babies in Nov & good mate found a big brown under the house a couple of seasons ago. Problem was he was at eye level to the snake, on his belly with no place to go:shock: !! He claims he had to go home after the encounter to change his jocks LOL :lol::lol:

 

[moosenoose]

That is mega cool! It looks glad to have met your acquaintance Nice pics also

 

[notechistiger]

Neighbourhood herpers, Jonno!

I'll just tell my friend that she was mistaken. Like I said, I wasn't there to witness the actual snake (wish I had). But anyways, thanks for telling me!

~ notechistiger.