neelaps calonotus

I haven't posted lately but here's some herps I have seen over the summer. This Spotted python came into our campsite when we were camping on the Cape York pen. Found this Spotted at home hanging out in the day and then in the same spot later on that night And this Spotted at work...

What one is this..? again its a juvenille.... its colouring was quite something. It was like a red ochre with the spinal ridge a dark brown/black which makes me wonder whether it was a baby red belly... I found it dead on the driveway the other morning... eaten.... poor wee thing. I couldn't...

I was in my local pet shop buying goldfish this afternoon and a chap came in wanting to buy "crickets" for his....snake !!! My ears popped....I said to him....crickets for a snake, I don't think so....what sort of snake. He said he wasn't sure, his mate had given it to him, it was about 4...

Salutations forumites, First a few warnings. There is quite a lot of text in this post as a consequence of the amount of material. Feel free to skip it and look at the pretty pictures if you please. Also, the photos in this post were taken with both a Canon DSLR and an Olympus point-and-shoot...

Hi guys, Fairly new to north Queensland from the UK and loving the wildlife over here. Have been out herping a few times and mostly seen roadkill (see picture below - apologies about the quality). Is this snake a keelback? Also I often see fairly large (@ 1.5m) snakes crossing a favourite...

Hello everyone. I am trying to chase up information on the black-striped snake Neelaps calonotus. I am finding it very difficult and was hoping someone may be able to suggest a few information souces that would be helpful, such as books or websites. I am particularly interested in their...

I went on a fabulous two week holiday with serpenttongue, inw hich we got to do a little herping. Unfortunately of what we did see only a few shots turned out. More oftne than not, both of use would exit the car at blistering speed to run up and look at the herp before we realised that the...

Hi all, I am currently looking for information on the clinical effects of bites by a range of snake species including: Demansia papuensis and Demansia vestigiata (black whipsnakes) Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus (black-striped snake) or any other Rhinoplocephalus spp. Furina tristis...

Does anybody know much about this snake. I am in Far North Queensland and to cut a long story short a mate of mine has had a few snakes on his property that he had never seen before. When I checked my very basic local animal guide he swore it was what the author called the Black Striped...