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  1. .....Newbie.....

    Today's Visitor

    We get a few snakes visiting here and today we had another................................... Hanging out in the garden. Crossing the driveway to get to the house. Heading into the storage room under the house. We have found a few in here from time to time.
  2. Hooglabah

    free handling elapids

    hay guys i was just wondering if anybody here free handles there elapids like you would a python (obviously with alot more care) i got asked the same question by a mate and i said i dont think anybody would and i can see any good reason why they would and that i never will but i was just...
  3. jordo

    Field Trip - Nanya, NSW

    Went up to help a mate, Chris from Ballarat Uni, with his honours research. This time looking at gecko thermoregulation and shelter site selection. The site was in south-western NSW, between Mildura and Broken Hill. This trip had some rough hours, getting up at sunrise to check pitfall traps as...
  4. smacdonald

    Lamington Plateau

    Copied from my blog. The other weekend I went up to the Lamington Plateau with a friend of mine. We were hoping to find a bunch of Coeranoscincus reticulatus (after my extraordinary luck with them last time). Sadly, no coeranoscincids were to be found. But we did see a bunch of other stuff...
  5. jordo

    Mallee - Gluepot, SA

    Mallee - Gluepot, SA (DUW) A few weeks ago I was up at Gluepot reserve helping some mates with their honours projects on lizards. Gluepot is owned by Birds Australia who manage the property for it's unique bird fauna - with endangered mallee fowl and black eared miners mostly in mind, however...
  6. Bench_Warmer01

    Sunshine Coast Herping 2009

    Did a little herping with another member of this site yesterday, saw a few snakes.. Here's a few.. Rough Scaled Snake Golden Crowned Snake Bandy Bandy
  7. J

    Some from the field in the USA

    Just browsing and found your site. First post...been herping for about 30 years here in the states. Here are just a few shots from herping around here in Texas. Black Tailed Rattlesnake: Texas Indigo Snake Trans-Pecos Ratsnake Mottled Rock Rattle Snake (C. lepidus lepidus) Bullsnake...
  8. sativa

    primo conditions!!!

    hey guys , turned out to be a pretty good night ,(even with the full moon) first up was a eastern small eye that was movin way to quick to get a shot , second was a massive roughy, that i missed as well , 3rd was a nice golden crown , 4th was a a giant panda snail (lol) it was pretty big , in a...
  9. jase75

    Seal Rocks Trip

    Well with this hot weather i decided it would be a great time for a day trip to the beach. So me and a mate decided we would head up north for a day of swimming and maybe a bit of night herping. So we were up early at 6am yesterday morning and headed north to Seal Rocks for a day of swimming and...
  10. kel

    ID help please

    my mum just caught this at her work on the toilet floor, its in singleton what is it? its about 20cms long, sorry for the crap photo
  11. shiloh2768

    A question for the experts...

    On Saturday night, we driving along a dirt road about 100km west of Darwin, and came across a "sidewinder" snake. It would have been about half a metre long with black bands across it and was moving side ways like a classic sidewinder. Unfortunately, I didnt have a camera, and my phone was...
  12. Specks

    ven breeding with pythons?

    a mate who told me this said that brown snkaes have been breeding with carpets down past grafton somewhere. my mate is 45 and he isnt lying. a fews years ago he said that a guy died after being bitten by what he thought was a carpte and it was but it bred with a brown. it was supposbly in the...
  13. jase75

    Night Driving Around Bathurst

    Well the weather has been really hot here lately so i have been heading out on some driving expeditions at night to see what i could find. Had not had much luck till the other night when i tried a new location which proved to be a really great area to find a few stunning snakes that i have not...
  14. acanthurus

    what snake is this

    last nite i was driving along about 30 klms south of rockhampton qld when i saw an unusual looking snake, it was about 600mm long with a thin body and a smallish head , this snake was mainly white (almost a brilliant white) with thin black bands around its body - i have seen pictures of a bandy...
  15. ryanharvey1993

    Night Drive Pics

    just a few pics from the last few night drives, I couldnt be bothered sorting them so I posted them all bandy bandy eastern small eyed snakes blackish blind snake frogs
  16. slacker

    Glorious 08/09

    Herping on NYE: We found the above, cranky little guy right around midnight.
  17. D

    Tonights Herps (finally, 2 new species)

    Well the title isn't quite true, 1 from tonight, 1 from last monday night. Wont post any other pics as iv posted all the same species enough times. Tonght was one of the coldest crap nights we have had in a long time, yet i found my target species, a Bandy Bandy, yes, I know they are common...
  18. Sturdy

    last min plans

    anyone keen for some herpin Tonight in SE qld.????? anyone know of some good spots??
  19. L

    anybody identify this snake?

    I found this snake (dead and headless) in the gutter out the front of my house. I live in The Royal National Park, Sydney. Can anyone tell me what it is?
  20. grimbeny

    :D blind snake

    I came across this little guy today, quite stinky but very cute. :D
  21. D

    Planning on Visiting Queensland, where should I go?

    Hi, I just booked a flight from here to Brisbane for late May, early June of next year. I realize this is your guys winter, but was still wondering how the herping was during this time. I was planning on flying into Brisbane and then over 3 weeks working my way up to around Townsville and then...
  22. salebrosus

    What a waste of a beautiful python :(

    I was out herping with my boyfriend last night who isn't relaly into reptiles and the like when he said are there any snakes that are black and white? I hit the anchors and asked why and he said cos there was something that looked like a snake but it had black and white bandings. We went back...
  23. Bench_Warmer01

    Sunshine Coast Herping - Last Night

    Me and sunshine coast dan went herping last night.. saw 5 snakes... 2 Golden Crowneds,1 small eyed snake,1 white crowned snake and a STEPHENS BANDED SNAKE............
  24. M

    What snake is this?

    I saw this snake in our backyard in Townsville this afternoon can you help identify it? I took the photo's through the screen door so they are a bit out of focus. I was thinking its probably an eastern brown or less likely a taipan. What's good book for identifying Australian snakes? A...
  25. W

    Herps of dubbo

    Hi all jut wondering if there any cool lizards or pythons at dubbo. Looking to go there at the end of he month.
  26. Riley

    any herping spots around Oxenford, qld?

    hey guys, up here on holidays at my grandparents place and was wondering if theres any good places for herping around here? (Oxenford in Qld) any ideas would be really good! :D -oh yeah i might be going to Australia Zoo on the weekend ;):) cheers.
  27. $NaKe PiMp

    beautiful wild diamond in the hornsby area

    being spring,its a good time to get out and about looking for herps. i went for a bit of a look and came across a few mammmals like echidnas and bandicoots, but also spotted this pretty diamond,just under 5 ft and a female, quite freindly,although tried a little bite at first ,settled down...
  28. bundybear

    first wild brown of the season........

    shame i couldn't help this poor bugger. he must of only just been hit before i found him cause he was still alive. was just over 5ft on the tape and looked in pretty good condition, besides the tyre marks.:(
  29. S

    Hatchy python!

    W00T:D:D:D:D:rolleyes::rolleyes::D Hatched my frist python for the season.. bloody fing took 5 months:shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock:... At least I fink its a python I get the...
  30. M

    nsw licencing reptile list?????

    What is the story, if you have access to a legally obtained snake, that is on licence and totally lgitimate purchase- And The snake does not appear on the list of permitted species? It says you can petition the director general of npws - but has any one ever done this? is this a task...
  31. .....Newbie.....

    Wildlife

    Hi all Just tought i would post some pictures of the wildlife that hangs around the place i'm living at. First two pictures this guy/girl lives in the roof and loves to warm up on the roof in the morning. I see it at least 4 days a week. Pictures three-five this guy/girl loves to hang around the...
  32. Hydra

    Tired.

    Anyone know of a way for a good open mouth shot. ive been sitting at the glass on and off for ages.
  33. MrKite

    Reptiles you would KILL for.

    Hey there. Just thought it would be a bit of fun to see what kinds of reptiles and amphibians you would do just about anything to keep. If money, geography and space were no factors, what kinds of reptiles make you burn inside knowing that you will probably never own one? Post pics, youtube...
  34. fine_jungles

    Blind snakes

    what do adult blind snakes eat ? can you keep blinds snakes? any other info? thanks
  35. krusty

    Top 5 Elite snakes to keep.

    Hey there just wanting to what your top 5 elite snakes to keep in your collection would be if you had the cash to spend. here are my top 5. 1.Albino Olive 2.Albino Darwin Carpet 3.GTP 4.RSP 5.Night Tigers.
  36. J

    some elapid picts

  37. gozz

    heres some of jungle freaks hatchies

    Heres some i have puchased off Roger
  38. andyscott

    Axanthic BHP Yes or No

    Hi all, The responce to my photo has been fantastic. I have found all your opions to be very interesting. I have now added a few more photos, of my little girl, so you can get a better look at her. Is she Axanthic or Not? It dosnt matter, she is stunning to me. I EMBRACE DIVERSTY ( poeple &...
  39. Nephrurus

    Field Trip to Smiths Lake, NSW

    A few of us went on the FATS (Frog and Tadpole Study group) field trip to Smiths Lake on the weekend. It's right by Seal Rocks, so we went for a bit of a swim before the serious business of herping went on. Heres a pic of the beach. It was a great night on the Friday, a hot day and a...
  40. J

    photos from out western qld

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  41. dpeica

    buffalo soldier, in the heart of america, stolen from africa, brought to america.

    I've been bored so I stole my girlfriends camera and started taking photos.. Red Sydney adder Alice springs mulga Weird looking alpine blotchie next to a normal Hatchling taipan Inland Paleheaded Curl snakes Tassie tiger Eastern tigers Whip Might take a few...
  42. moloch05

    photos from the Granite Belt, QLD

    The drive between Brisbane and Wollongong is a long one so we decided to spent a night in the granite belt of southern Queensland. Conditions this year were wet and cool so I did not see much but did find one of my long-time targets. I will combine the results of this trip with photos from two...
  43. moloch05

    Mt. Glorious snakes and others (Queensland)

    In January, my wife and I spent 10 days in Brisbane. I was there for work so was not able to to much herping. We did visit the Lamington Plateau on a weekend (subject of another post). I also went night driving in the Mt. Glorious area on three occasions and this report will include the...
  44. Stevo

    Kapinol the new morph

    Recently while up at the tablelands I caught a new carpet python morph. I have named them "Kapinol Steely Blue Carpets" (the new morph) Enjoy the pictures, once I breed them hatchies will be $2400 each. ps these are not hybrids
  45. Rocky

    The weird and the wonderful.

    Hello all! I am in the process of collecting weird and wonderful pictures of Herps. Whether it be a weird pose, or the animal doing something funny. Or a different colour or type of reptile, Such as an albino. Example: So if you guys and girls have any nice pictures you could post i...
  46. J

    Wild Bandy Bandy

    Here is a shot of one of many Bandy Bandy's we find every year. Despite how common they are, it's always exciting to find them as they are just so unusual.
  47. ryanharvey1993

    backyard herps

    i was just wondering what herps people have in there backyards. if you have pics feel free to post or just say wat u have around in my backyard i have green tree snakes blind snakes small eyed snakes eastern blue tongues jacky dragons garden skinks long necked turtles i have also seen a...
  48. G

    Help with Id

    Hi, We found this in the pool. Unfortunately dead. Sorry for the poor photos. It is about 10 cm long. We live in Hornsby Heights (northern Sydney) just near Galston Gorge. Any ideas? Thanks for any suggestions. Greg
  49. Lesa

    Do pythons yawn?

    On Tuesday we were at Australia Zoo. My kids and I were waiting for friends near 'Lily' the 7m reticulated python. While we were standing there she yawned?? Now I didn't have my camera ready and I was so busy being amazed at the size of her open mouth that I didn't get it out in time. It was...
  50. smacdonald

    Pics from Mt Glorious, Qld

    It's been raining and/or overcast in Brisbane pretty much continuously since early December. This is great for our drought-stricken city but not particularly great if you want to get out and look for reptiles. Yesterday, there was a break in the rain in Brisbane (though other parts of South-east...
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