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Member - Old Girl (QLD)
Image Could Not Be FoundCould some one please tell me what this one is that my daughter nearly stepped on. It was at the weir at Imbil south west of Gympie.
Sharon
Reply By: Willem - Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 23:09
Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 23:09
Hmmm...looked in me snake book. Hard to see. Could be a variation of a Black Headed Python aka Woma, widely distributed throughout Australia.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 23:14
Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 23:14
Yeh Willem, Just spent a while searching before I posted it. I couldnt work it out. She was in striking range.
Sharon
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Reply By: Dave B ( BHQ NSW) - Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 23:10
Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 23:10
Sharon, I think it might be a Bandy-Bandy.
The other possibility is the Tiger Snake.
I must admit to being no authority on them though.
Dave
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Follow Up By: Member - Bucky - Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 04:27
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 04:27
Dave
Not a tiger snake, although I cannot see that tell-tale scale on the forfead.
The banding in wrong too.
Cheers
Bucky
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Reply By: Member - Fred B (NT) - Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 23:12
Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 23:12
Bit hard to tell from the photo. Doesn't have a black head, so it's not a blackheaded python. Could be a tree snake. But somebody with more knowledge than me will come up with the right answer. Glad you daughter didn't step on it.
regards
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Follow Up By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 23:22
Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 23:22
I stood on the top of the weir and zoomed in. Heart was pumping at the time she said so calmly " look mum a snake" cant tell you what i said.
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Reply By: Member - Ed. C. (QLD) - Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 23:27
Sunday, Dec 27, 2009 at 23:27
I'm thinkin' it could be one o' these >>
Collett's Snake aka Collett's Black Snake
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Follow Up By: Member - Ed. C. (QLD) - Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 00:41
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 00:41
On second thoughts (given the location at which it was sighted), possibly one o' these >>
Brown Tree Snake
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Reply By: The Rambler( W.A.) - Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 01:51
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 01:51
Always difficult to know from photos as the same type snake can vary in colour from area to area and with different suroundings but a strong possibility is it could be an Eastern small-botched python which is non venomous and found on the Eastern coast.They grow to 75-120cm long.
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Reply By: get outmore - Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 01:57
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 01:57
few possabilities from pythons to tree snakes
i can ASSURE you NOT DANGEROUS
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 02:02
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 02:02
possabilities
spotted python
stimpsons python
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Reply By: Mick O - Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 08:46
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 08:46
Second the Stimson Python. The colours are striking. Came across one last year as
well as the Black headed and Woma pythons this years trip.
Reptile encounters - Western Deserts
Cheers Mick
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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:38
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:38
Third the Stimson Python, but I'm no expert either ;-)
Sharon you really need to get much closer to the snake so you can get better photos next time, makes an ID a little easier :-))
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Follow Up By: Member - Malcolm (Townsville) - Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 13:24
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 13:24
LOL John
maybe with a macro lens so we can see the scales on the head. ;-)
Malcolm
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Reply By: Member - Driverdon - Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 09:36
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 09:36
Hard to tell by photo but looks like brown tree snake from what I,ve read not dangerously venomous
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 14:53
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 14:53
not only not dangerously venomous but rear fanged meaning they cant strike and envenomate but rather have to hang on and chew their rear fangs in very unlikely and rare. Ive heard a few anectodal stories of handlers being bitten and suffering mild symptoms
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Reply By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 09:50
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 09:50
Thanks guys. I reckon the brown tree snake looks the closest.
Sharon
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Reply By: Member - Scrubby (VIC) - Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 22:10
Monday, Dec 28, 2009 at 22:10
Stimsons Python I reckon , Google is your/my friend.
Scrubby.
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Reply By: Danny & June - Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 00:18
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 00:18
GDay Possible collets snake.
Maybe not red enough.
Dont get bitten they are very poisonous.
Danny
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 02:00
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 02:00
not even close
same as the guy that suggested tiger snake just coz you see a snake doesnt mean your about to die
along with tiger snakes they dont live in that area
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Reply By: get outmore - Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 02:05
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 02:05
been a few posts by snake- o phobes so I better set the record srtaight
despite what we have drilled into us our snakes are not a blip on the worlds deadliest
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the top 4 most deadly snakes are
the indian cobra
saw scaled viper
russels viper
krait
these snakes ARE genuinely deadly
to put snake-o - phobes minds to rest
all the sustralian snakes put together kill less than #3 yes that is 3 (actually less than) a year
those 4 snakes kill
well over 50,000 people a year
now THATS perspective
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Follow Up By: Trevor R (QLD) - Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:16
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:16
I am not a "snake-o-phobe" but to put things into true perspective I think you need to associate your top 4 deadly snakes with
population that may come into contact with them? I feel very confident that should people come into contact more with something like the taipan our statistics may be a little higher than they are currently.
Sharon, nice photo under the circumstances hehehehe.
Cheers, Trevor.
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:28
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 11:28
On a per capita basis our snakebite deaths rate is also much lower than alot of other countries
there are quite a few facors that conrtibte to how deadly a snake is
and when all the what iffs and if buts are stripped away the basic fact remains our snakes while being potentioly dangerous are responsable for very few deaths
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Follow Up By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:51
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:51
Yep Trevor LOL now. Mind you the next one Ill hang around a bit if I can and get a decent snap. The kids have learn a lot from this little experience and so have I. We were sitting here googling snakes for ages to try to Identify it. It turned out EO was our best bet. Off to hike
Byfield Curcuit in the next couple of weeks wander what we will find there.
Cheers
Sharon
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 14:09
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 14:09
Remember the closer you get the better the
pic :-)
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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 14:15
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 14:15
Hey Daveo how you going?
Nice picture, is it a Brown??
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 14:53
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 14:53
Mulga snake (AKA King brown even though there not a brown but actally a black snake)
from the Francis
Peron NP
shark bay
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Follow Up By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 21:50
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009 at 21:50
No way. Ugly scary thing.
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Reply By: Greentreegirl - Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 at 08:37
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 at 08:37
Just to set everyone straight this is a Black headed python it is not venonmous.
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Follow Up By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:48
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:48
Thank you. Now we share out site with a goanna he lives under the slab. We both know our place. Im too slow to take a photo.
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