what kind of snake is this?

[Snakeaholic]

last weekend (fri 2/11/07 - sun 4/11/07) i went camping and on the way home we saw a couple of snakes basking on the dirt road. most i could identify except for this one which i thought was a brown snake at first but then i saw that it had a yellow underside. i am just wondering out of curiosity what kind it is if anyone could tell me. (click for a larger image)

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

wow we love snake id threads

what was your location ?
cant see its head
but it is fat and the underside those look a much ligher colour
a Mulga has that appearance

how big would you have said it was?

 

[nuthn2do]

Was the dirt road in las vegas, bejing or phuket?

 

[Snakeaholic]

my location was the blue mountains (near sydney for those who dont know where that is) and the snake would probably have been around 1-2m in length. here is another pic

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

oh copperhead in the mountains but it lookslarge for a copperhead im confused

 

[Snakeaholic]

cool

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

well actually im only imagining its size

 

[Snakeaholic]

lol

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

highlands coperheads like to hang out in them mountains

did you get a look at its face that is a definite indicator
there got white bars on there lip

 

[dansfish4tea]

so is it confirmed yet

 

[Snakeaholic]

it was kinda facing away and then it just slitherd of the road so i didnt really get to see its head

 

[Snakeaholic]

the other two snakes i saw were red bellied black snakes (and i also saw a blue tonge lizard but thats not very interesting)

 

[scorps]

its defiantly not a bluetongue

 

[Magpie]

its defiantly not a bluetongue

or a beardie

 

[Snakeaholic]

its defiantly not a bluetongue

that was a mistake i ment to say blue tounge lizard - of course the snake isnt a blue tounge!

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

so what was the weather like on the weekend in the mountains?
must have been ok if herps where out

 

[Aslan]

Most likely a Copperhead - colour is a terrible indicator of a snake though...John Cann produced an almost black snake the other night with a bright yellow belly - it was an Eastern Brown...

 

[scorps]

on closer inspection i am 99 percent sure its a lace monitor

 

[pugsly]

Whatever it is, from that first pic its either just eaten or gravid..

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

yes i totaly agree,colour can vary so much in individual species
but copperhead is most likely candidate in the mountains and of that appearance

by the way there a lovely snake