snake ID please...

[rombot]

a friend sent me a pic of this snake taken a week or so ago @ the wilsons prom campgrounds.

can anyone id it?

what would happen if you were bitten by it?

thanks in advance.

 

[rombot]

 

[-Peter]

copperhead
you would apply a bandage and call 000 and keep calm, considered highly dangerous.
better still, look but dont touch.

 

[JasonL]

Looks like a copperhead from the pic, don't get bitten by it

 

[kakariki]

The eastern ghost snake? Not much would happen if you got bitten. In fact you wouldn't even feel it. :lol: Or maybe there isn't a pic?

There's the pic!
Eastern brown? Only a guess. The pic isn't clear enough for me. Either way I don't think getting bitten would be a good experience.

 

[jase75]

Are u sure its a Copperhead Peter? the pic is a bit far away but i think it looks more like a Tiger???? Have a close look at its head.

 

[Australis]

I zoomed in on it, and it did look like a tiger.

Rombot,
You got any more photos?

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

It is a tiger ,i have caught tigers like this at tidal river

 

[jase75]

Yeah i just zoomed up a bit closer and im fairly sure its a Eastern Tiger, not much banding but thats not uncommon, very dangerous and def. get to hospital asap, got bitten by 1 a few years back, not much fun.

 

[ryanharvey1993]

yep, looks like a tiger snake in my opinion

 

[snakes_666]

I would say its more like a tiger than an copperhead

 

[sarah_m]

My first thought is that its a tiger, looks as if he is flattening out like a tiger. But i'm not an expert

 

[paleoherp]

Tiger

 

[hozy6]

the picture isn't that clear but it looks like a tiger to me but im not 100% on that but still dont go near any wild snake if your not 100% on what it is and still dont really they can be admired from a distance

 

[rombot]

thanks everyone... Sorry I don't have any clearer pics.

 

[Magpie]

I didn't even look at the pic but I'm gonna say Tiger so I can be cool too.

 

[-Peter]

with the benefit of hindsight ill say tiger and go shoot myself
Baz, why were you catching tiger snakes in a National Park?

 

[gman78]

Any of the above...
I wouldn't go anywhere near it.
Admire from a far

 

[iceman]

looks like a tiger snake to me

 

[-Peter]

this is an omen isnt it, The Saints play Richmond this weekend.