Hi all you snake lovers,
Does anyone know what kind of Australian snake is similiar to the attached pic? We found one in our backyard (Kellyville, Sydney) this evening and are curious to know what it is. Noooo we didn't kill it, we caught it and let it loose in the forest.
I've attached a...
some pics of a few of the clutch of bhp that hatched recently, largest weighing 111 g. they will be available once feeding well... anyone interested let me know
Andy
Thought I would share the herps I've found and photographed since the weather has started warming up, been noticing them emerging since early September but conditions are still not optimum at the moment, I would like less rain and more heat personally!!
I'll post images of order found and...
i mean the little animal toys you used to be able to get in the cadbery chocolates, not the foke-law monster big-foots
any one remember them?
any one still have them?
any one want to send some my way?
ive got quite a few of them, but i want more, especialt the fish,birds,herps and the...
Hi All,
my Dad found a snake in his garden this arvo and we're not sure what it was. We live in WA and he lives close to a nature reserve/conservation area. The nearest pic we found was of an Indian snake a "Banded Krait". I'm assuming the snake must have slithered away again.
hey everybody im not a massive poster here seeing as i dont have my own snake yet but the other day my mate found a bandy on the side of the road and its tongue is always out and the end is starting to go black is this normal if not what could it be and any idea how to fix it?
thanks heaps...
Hey
So i just recently found out that people keep bandy bandy's
Which surprised me very pleasantly.
Anyone have any info or pics would love to see some.
All hyped up from the expo still, i've been trying to construct my ideal managerie of snakes in my head... It really got me thinking - I want to know what the snake lover's ideal snake is.
What would be your ultimate fantasy in snake or python ownership?
(When i say fantasy i don't mean you...
Seeing its getting colder which leads to a decline in herping threads (plus I'm just bored on a Sunday night) I thought I'd throw up some pictures of the snakes I have photographed so far this year. Majority of pics have maybe been seen before.
Cheers.
Bandy Bandy Vermicella annulata
Brown...
I've been herping the Sunshine Coast area of Queensland on and off for several years, and have found almost all snake and larger lizard species. Enough to show this comprehensive photo library of the reptiles I have seen.
Here's the snakes..
The coast is home to around 21 different species...
Ok, so I was talking to a mate of mine and flicking through the elapid thread, and it got me wondering, how many female ven keepers are actually out there? That actually own them on their license and not just their other halves owning them etc...? And got into keeping hots, on their own accord...
Published On: 3-25-2010
Source: The Daily Liberal
Beware: snakes on a flood plain
KIM BARTLEY
Residents in the north-west of NSW are being told to seal gaps under doors and holes in walls as snakes seek to escape floodwaters.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has confirmed...
Published On: 3-10-2010
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
A woman was bitten by a snake in the Blue Mountains this afternoon, the second attack today and the eighth in six days.
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Went on my first proper herping trip with the AHS this weekend past! It was so much fun, i thoroughly enjoyed it. I really recommend them if ur thinking about going :)
So here are some photos of the trip, there are heaps as we saw quite alot!
to se the scene the road into the research base...
We are lucky enough to have a few red necked wallabies living on our property, even luckier since we have joes aswell (we used to live in bush area, but its slowly getting built up. we slowly loose them each year, mostly loose the parents and joeys to cars, and also loose the joeys to the dogs...
These are a few pictures from two nights of herping that myself and DanTheMan have done over the past week.
Brown Tree Snake Boiga Irregularis
We came across one of these on each night we went out both crossing the road.
Coastal Carpet Python Morelia spilota mcdowelli
We found one juvie...
Well why not have a thread for single herpers looking for the like minded?
If you are single looking for that special herper in your life, make a comment here and then PM someone that peaks your intrest.
Never know could end up with an APS wedding ;)
P.S. I'm single.
Does anybody keep blind snakes?... Does anyone keep blind snakes to feed other herps that they keep? Before i get charred, somewhere it happens, so many awesome little class 2 lic with fussy appetites. Having asian house geckos would help, but it doesn't account for everyone.. what about skinks...
Can someone ID this snake for me please. My sister came across it the other day when camping and she wants to know what it is (her partner almost stood on it without realising!). She was out camping in south qld... She's not home at the moment and I can't remember where so that's all the info I...
Just some photo's of a few things I found before the end of the year, went on a camping trip for a few nights and found bugger all for the time and km's we put in, drizzled the whole time so only 1 diurnal was found and bugger all nocturnals too, apart from plenty of blind snakes.
Some frogs...
A guy on another forum made these disparaging remarks about our elapids.
His comment was:
I decided to reply and thought that some of you would enjoy these pics as well. I am sure that you will agree that we have plenty of brilliantly coloured snakes that are various shades of olive...
Hey all, guess wat got news moving to bendigo!!! Yay for me..
How many of you are up that area? would be intrested in meeting some herp lovers in the news area?
Anyone no what the reptiles are like around that area?
Anyways feel free to pm me.
MOVING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS:)
Hey guys. Im currently going into my third year of university for creative writing. I've decided I want to start the novel series I've had the idea to do for a while. I plan for it to be a fictional series about snakes and fellow repies (of course). I've been doing slow paced research for a...
My wishlist would be....
Basilisks
Day Geckoes
Anoles
Chameleons
as for snakes wouldnt even know where to begin so many species and so many morphs!
Non reptile
Dendrobates (poison arrow frogs)
And a toucan.. they are freakin awesome!!!!!!!!!1
Cheers
Nam
Went for a quick herp last night and have herped the area for years and it was the first time I have ever seen one of these a few minutes from my place.I've seen them out of Mackay heading west and had a play with one once,they have a very interesting defense mechanism and sort of go like a...
Does anybody keep these black and white striped snakes in captivity? Ive been doing a bit of research and apparently they are found in my area. Ive never even seen one. Apparently theyre rarely encountered due to there nocturnal habits. Ive never even seen one on the road!!
Im hoping to do a...
Hey there everyone, I'm as green as they get when it comes to computer chit chat stuff but I'm gunna give it a crack. Had ten years keeping catching and studying Aussie snakes, love em!!!!!Thought someone would be interested in seeing a Blind Snake ramphotyphlops proximus that I found on the...
Hey all left for queensland on wednesday. Drove up and arrived at Tannum sands (Gladstone) on thursayd night. Saw 2 pognona barbarta on the way up. One moved to fast for me to photograph the other had been clipped by a car so I did the right thing and put it out of its misery. Was gonna look for...
Just a couple of questions!
Ive just been crusing through the vic d.s.e list and it would appear we cant keep night tigers here? However we can brown tree snakes. Maybe i havnt seen it or not? Anyone able to confirm this for me? Ive been keen on these for some time, LOVE the katherine form...
I was sittin in the sun today and wondered what do vens eat other than rodents that arnt even native to australia?
Also i imagine they bite theyre prey and wait for it to die then track it down by scent and eat it, is this true or do they hang on to the prey animal the whole time till it dies...
Had some hot weather last month with overnight lows in around 20 degrees and days up to 36, pretty good for August.
So went on a night drive and found 2 snakes, also a few diurnal's from around the place.
Also just returned from Fraser Island and saw a bit of wildlife but will post those pics...
I am thinking about possibly keeping some venomous species, but I arnt interested in keeping anything deadly or even dangerously venomous just yet. I would like to get some more experience with some mildly venomous species (eg, Brown Tree Snake, Yellow Faced Whip Snake kinda venomous) but more...
Hello Snake lovers,
I have come across this site in an effort to help identify a rather old snake handed down to me through family. The story of this snake is that it was captured by my grandmothers father who preserved it this bottle. Actual age is unknow but I am 24 years old so i guess you...
Published: 7-03-2009
Source: Daily Telegraph
Author:
In what could be a world first, a toad has been caught on camera eating a whole snake in just five minutes, in a direct reversal of their normal roles....
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image from http://www.ananova.com
Hi,just went for my daily walk and i came across these fellas all the time,could someone please I.D it for me,also are these the ones that Bandy Bandy eats,thanx in advance..
This is in response to the 'I want a Diamond' post I started yesterday. Does anyone have any photos of diamonds that are pure black and white, with no yellow?
They have an amazing one at Australia Zoo that is like pure carbon black with white flecks all over it that I fell in love with!
If...
Over the last month or so iv managed to find the time for a couple of day trips down to Ku ring gai to have a look around and see what i could find.The first trip was really good weather, around 27 deg during the day and cooling off to about 20deg at night.
Some pics from my first trip:
Tuesdays night trip was one that you dream of. Lots of interesting and ( surprisingly ) co operative animals. I had my eye in, the car ran well and it was a warm and pleasant night.
Until I got home....
While uploading the files from the camera to the computer the computer crashed - then became...
This trip I found a couple of monster snakes. Well.. they were huge for the species.
First up was the Brown Tree Snake spotted crossing the road. Hes was over 1.5 meters long. After I pulled over Another car came along the road and carefully avoided him. Its always nice when you see things like...
It just felt right.
The radar showed a strong storm front and it was hot and humid. So Tuesday nights herping was moved forward a night.
Boy, was that a good move, in the first 500 meters I got a BTS and two SES. But better was yet to come as shown below.
Interestingly while trying to photo...