some elapid picts

[Jonno from ERD]

moosenoose - Some of the common symptoms of being bitten by a Bandy Bandy include hysterical laughter of all those who find out, extreme embarassment of the poor sod who was bitten by it and a barage of jokes for the rest of the bite victims life.

 

[smacdonald]

That Western brown snake looks a bit like a mulga to me?

To be honest, it was a weird one and I couldn't ID it with any certainty (I'm quietly hoping that it's a range extension for Oxyuranus temporalis). It's lacking the enlarged lower secondary temporal scale that mulgas are supposed to have, but it was big and chunky, unlike typical western browns. I was in the middle of the Simpson Desert. I was there for non-snake work. I wasn't going to catch it. Here are some more pics, including one showing a strap-like rostral scale that's typical of western browns.


'Western brown'


Mulga snake for comparison


'Western brown'


'Western brown'


'Western brown' showing strap-like rostral scale

Anyone else seen any weird Pseudonaja/Pseudechis specimens?

Edit: When I say I couldn't ID it with any certainty, I'm referring to the fact that Pseudonaja nuchalis is currently a complex of genetically and morphologically distinct entities. The animal I found would key out to a western brown, but it's quite possibly a new species (which I will hereby christen Pseudonaja rugosa Macdonald 2008 and distinguish it from congeners based on the fact that Pseudonaja rugosa sp. nov. all (n = 1) look quite chunky).


Stewart

 

[Jonno from ERD]

It's definitely Pseudonaja.

 

[smacdonald]

What are the common symptoms that occur from being bitten by a Bandy Bandy?

In addition to the symptoms that Jonno's described, bandy-bandy bite victims can expect to endure the following:
-a slight tingling sensation


Stewart

 

[smacdonald]

It's definitely Pseudonaja.

Is that pronounced with a 'j' or a 'y'?


Stewart

 

[Jonno from ERD]

With a Y

 

[redbellybite]

Ryan herping in thongs ...:shock:..well that will learn ya ...just nearly as good turning up to a call out in thongs and shorts and the people looking at me like W..T..F? ....:lol:....... (but I had my change of clothes in the back of my car ,for just in case...) it was only a carpet bag about 6foot so thongs were the dress code for that call out ...when its 35 c with a humidity level of GOD I CANT STAND IT .:evil:....I hate getting geared up...but EB,S well any type of elapid needs a different dress code ..... good herping ryan but one day ya gonna get caught by a nasty so maybe boots might be in your favour ....

 

[jode_01]

can anyone tell me where you find surl snakes , i had a hatchy here OH said it was a blackheaded but it didn't have any pattern & sort of looked like the babies on page 46 but brown???

 

[jode_01]

sorry that was curl snakes

 

[smacdonald]

can anyone tell me where you find curl snakes

Inland Australia:





Stewart

 

[FAY]

Ryan herping in thongs ...:shock:..well that will learn ya ...just nearly as good turning up to a call out in thongs and shorts and the people looking at me like W..T..F? ....:lol:....... (but I had my change of clothes in the back of my car ,for just in case...) it was only a carpet bag about 6foot so thongs were the dress code for that call out ...when its 35 c with a humidity level of GOD I CANT STAND IT .:evil:....I hate getting geared up...but EB,S well any type of elapid needs a different dress code ..... good herping ryan but one day ya gonna get caught by a nasty so maybe boots might be in your favour ....

Funny you say that, I have pics of Garth when he was at school grappling with vens with no shoes on ( mind you it was about 45 years ago) I think that they have learnt a bit since then... lol

 

[jode_01]

what colour are they usally ? does anyone have any close up pics ?

 

[smacdonald]

what colour are they usally ? does anyone have any close up pics ?

The pic you've seen is pretty typical. Here are some more pics:










Pulled out of a pit toilet, so he's a bit wet.



Stewart

 

[m.punja]

quickly becoming my favourite snake

 

[m.punja]

 

[baxtor]

Nice little patternless common tiger. Growing like a weed.

 

[channi]

I love this thread and you are all making me jealous but, alas I have promised my other half no dangerous snakes

 

[dodgie]

Nice little patternless common tiger. Growing like a weed.

Nice, how big is he/she.

 

[baxtor]

Nice, how big is he/she.

about 500mm.

 

[Vincent]

Here's another patternless Common Tiger.