dendrelaphis calligastra

What's that one native snake, lizard, invertebrate etc that you want to someday own but your skill, its care is slightly intimidating or its rarity is holding you back? :)

Hey guys, thank you again for your help with the Inland Taipan ID. This time it is probably not that spectacular ;) Today I spotted this little guy at the Jindalba Boardwalkin the Daintree NP/ Cape Tribulation area. Time: around noon on a hot and dry day. I can't give any information about...

What's this? Friend found it injured next to their house they think it got run over.

Hi, can someone please ID this snake for me, it's in my sisters yard in Townsville. Thanks Nik

Hey Everyone I was looking at my feed on Facebook and a friend of mine was tagged in this photo ( not the one holding the snake ). The guy said its a common tree snake but I strongly disagree I'm not trying to name and shame him on his I.D skill but I told him to be careful in picking up animals...

Hi guys, After reading a description of key differences between Common Tree Snakes (D.punctulata) and Northern Tree Snakes (D.calligastra) - thanks Bluetongue1 - it occurred to me that I've never seen a picture of a juvenile NTS. Does anybody have any photos to contribute? In particular...

Found this little fella around my garden hose so i took some pictures and am pretty keen to find out what he/she is cheers The underbelly seems to be greenish from what i can make out though im not touching it incase UPDATE : Here are some better photos for ID

ok so lets see how we go with this one. I already know what it is but this group can be troublesome especially without locations...so its from Australia. What is it and more importantly why???? ok now secondly, there are a few on this site (that don't need to be named) that are more than...

Hi guys, I got home from work today to my elderly neighbour asking for my help because she had seen a snake in her back yard, this was my first capture and release anyway I think it might be a green tree snake but i just treated it like a poisonous one i'm not too familiar with other breeds...

Giant Queensland Spider Devours Snake Thought some people might find this interesting. :)

Hey guys/girls today my dad and i went to brisbane and back in that time there was a snake that tryed to come into the house my mum was that scared she is still crying the discription she gave to me was a light yellowey creamy color around 1-2 meters long and about 3-5 cm wide anyone know what...

Dendrelaphis calligasteri wanted- top rates paid, prefer adult size, any sex.

Hello everybody, I´m a german student, who stayed in Australia with a workingholiday-visa for 10 months. In this time I found some interesting reptiles and would like to know, which species they are. At first I´d like to know, if this snake is the common green tree snake (Dendrelaphis...

Pretty simple really, what is your 'wishlist' or what do you intend on buying? As for me; Morelia carinata, Pogona barbata, Antaresia stimsoni, Aspidites ramsayi, Acrochordus arafurae, Hypsilurus spinipes, Egernia hosmeri, Nephrurus amyae, Nephrurus asper, Tropidonophis mairii, Varanus storri...

Is it legal in any state to keep these beautiful colubrids? The photo I saw on AROD is amazing!

Hey guys/grrls this is my first post so heres a quick intro.. name is amber, i'm 28 years old and i've just moved to the beautiful cairns. i've been fascinated with reptiles for awhile now but coming from NZ i haven't had any experience with them now i'm having the time of my life :D. i...

I am marlborough in nth qld working and have seen two black snakes both with bright yellow bellies and with a white/grey head. One i found dead and the other very much alive while out jogging. both were decent size snakes. The first i thought was a red belly black but after seeing the dead one i...

Hi there everyone just wanted to say hello I have just found this forum and have been reading a few of the post's on the forum and think it is very well set up and yer I guess would be a good place to find like minded people who love Australia's reptile's as much as I do. I can't say that I...

A friend of mine is publishing a book and she needs photos of a Northern Tree Snake, a Northern Crowned Snake and a Slatey Grey. If you can help please send me a pm. You will be acknowledged as the photographer

I was wondering what people had in their current python collection and what would be their dream collection, ie loose some. gain others. Currently I have: 1 x Pair MD's 1 x Pair NT BHP 1 x Pair Qld BHP 1 x Pair Classic Bredli 1 x Semi Hypo Bredli 1 x WA Woma My dream Collection would...

Righto. I want to usurp The Other Thread and make a new 'longest running thread' on this site. Who wants to help? Unfortunately I've only seen four out of Australia's approximately eleven species. Hopefully I'll add to my count later this year with a trip up north. Brown tree snakes (Boiga...

i am just about to upgrade to a class 2 license and eventually go to class 2 cat 1,2,3 so i was wondering what snake other than a python i can get on a class 2 is a good snake to keep and the availability of them. i was looking at macklay's water snake keelback northern tree snake the...

Hi Guys, Im about to get my first pairs of tree snakes. My understanding is that there are very few people that have managed to breed these consistantly. Was wondering if there was anyone out there that was able to offer some advise. I will really appreciate anyones advise, trials and...

Not sure if anyone has seen these, weird, its bad enough seeing someone do it with string :D

Hi guys, Are the so-called Golden Tree Snakes below (pictures thanks to Gillsy and Miss_Stripey) officially a ... Common Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) or a ... Northern Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis calligastra)? And if it's not a Northern Tree Snake, can someone please show me...

Just came home to find this little fella sitting on my letterbox. At first i thought someone has put some rope or rubbish there. I think it's a northern tree snake, D. calligastra but i'm not certain.

Just posting some pictures; already posted some of my new Children's pythons so here are a few more things living here and not paying rent. '07 pair het albino ball pythons, native to the grasslands of Africa - '06 male spider ball python - '06 Female golden phase...

hey all, soon after my 1m x 1m x 2m snake tank is done i will be getting my green tree snake i am a bit curious though (becasue it will most likely be a hatchie), how hard it will be to wean it onto mice? are they generally an easy going snake, or...take a bit of time? also because its a big...

Northern tree snakes (Dendrelaphis calligastra) Does anyone know if they have eber been kept in captivity and how they differ from common tree snakes?

Different Sp. of pythons are there? Or rather how many different Pythons i.e Morelia Spilota Chenyei and Morelia Spilota McDowelli count as two not one. Obviously not including morphs, also say scrubs for example they come from different parts like the tanimbar, and halmahera and Moluccan...

Just thought i would post some pics of a wild treesnake i was watching hunt in my yard. :)

When i was growing up i was fortunate enough to have a colony of common tree snakes living around and sometimes even in our house i often caught them at various sizes and found only the odd one would snap thrash and fart, uaually it was like they'd been hand reared.I'd love to keep one but they...