Snake identification

does look like a whip snake although if it really is 2m long the only snake it could be is a king brown which I wouldnt rule out as it appears very thin and in poor condition with a prominant back bone showing which is the sighn of a mal nourished snake

a King brown would normally be far thicker set

this isnt a bad website for ID

http://members.iinet.net.au/~bush/ID_index.htm

Hi

Think you are right with the whip snake ID.

My guess is Greater Black Whipsnake (Demansia papuensis) - grows to 1.65m.

White margin behind the eye and the tan head are the diagnostic features.

Nothing like a "King Brown"...apart from the fact it is a snake:)

Cheers
Greg

I have listed this link for snakes Australia wide. Reptiles of Australia

When travelling i take A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia which The Explorer has given the details above.

Get outmore has given a link to the wonderfully pictorial website for WA from snake expert Brian Bush.

It is difficult to assess from a single photo of the upper side of a snake and i am no expert. As with various creatures we find in our travels, the wealth of knowledge we have in EO members often proves the best resource.

Motherhen

Thanks very much guys, I've been out of contact for the last two days and this is my first opportunity to respond. The size thing can be difficult for example my son’s pet carpet snake is almost 2 meters but that is hard to see when he's coiled up. I was just amazes at how long this snake seemed as it was very skinny (typically of a whip snake I think) as I followed the loops I began to realise it was quite long. My past snake experiences are with whip snakes around the Blue Mountains which seemed a lot smaller.

I'm also a fisherman so sizes can easily (and reasonably) be exaggerated. Next time I’ll get a tape measure and ask the bugger to subject himself to a lie detector test - he may well have been a world record!

Kind regards

I always find these threads a great source of info and real bloody interesting.
I am in no way shape or form a snake or reptile expert but I do love seeing them in the wild.

It never ceases to amaze me how many snakes we have in Australia and the huge variety of colors that they come in, even among the same make, model and brand of snake.
The web site linked above emphasis's this point quite clearly in its photos, a Brown snake is not necessarily brown and a Tiger does not always look like a Tiger.

Its so hard to get the correct ID from people with experience, so lay snake people like myself have little hope.

Good book reference above also, I will get a copy of that one with 900 reptiles it will help with reptiles other than snakes.

I came across a couple of lovely pythons recently when I was camped by the Flinders River between Normanton and Bourketown.
One was a Blackheaded Python and then I found a pair of Olive Pythons.
All three snakes were a genuine 2 meters long as they were stretched out and easy to judge and looked really healthy, nice and thick and interested in me :)

Gorgeous creatures, the Blackhead was hunting just on dusk and slithered right through the middle of our camp site. The two Olives I saw on the track at night in the torch light just as I was heading to bed.
Astounded to see 3 such snakes in the one place within a few hours of each other.
Needless to say my partner said she would rather wee the bed than go outside during the night to the toilet :))


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