can anyone identify
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Ned_fisch
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Mate, it is mostly all Aussies, a few Yankies. You best bet is to try on a US/American forum.
bundy_zigg
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looks like a rubber snake to me
ecosnake
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I believe its an unusual cotoration of a Coral snake or even a species of the false Coral Snake.
Marc
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Wow what a beautiful snake, obviously not one hundred percent sure but would possibly say a Western Long Nose snake (Rhinochilus Leconti) of some type. The colouration and patternation seems about right along with the size, this is a much brighter snake than any pictures of these snakes i have seen before and may of just shed. Totally harmless somewhat mimiking a coral snake with colours though pattern is completely wrong. As I may be completely wrong.
Cheers,
Phil
Cheers,
Phil
dtulip10
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it similar to a western long nose but its colors just arnt right for that either. not sure on what it is myself though
ecosnake
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Jonno from ERD
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That's a great way to get yourself bitten by one of the several species of Coral Snakes that don't follow that rule
JasonL
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I would hazard to guess it in the Rhinobothryum family. a juvenile snake will be much boldly coloured. Saying that, there are probably over 30 sp of Micrurus (Coral Snakes) in SA that vary greatly... generally though, they have blunter tails. Your best bet would be to send the photo's to a Museum for proper ID.
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bundy_zigg
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I still say rubber snake
dtulip10
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Harlequin snake
Scolecophis atrocinctus
It's a colubrid and a coral snake mimic.
By the way, anyone that follows the 'red to black venom lack/friend of jack, red to yellow kill a fellow' rule has been reading too many American books. In the USA there are only two species of coral snake, both of which have red and yellow bands side by side, and several species of harmless colubrids in which the red and black bands are side by side. In Latin America there are are 50+ species of coral snake and they come in every combination of colours, including combinations in which the red and black bands are side by side. Some species only have red and black bands so the red and black bands have to be side by side, yet they are venomous.There are also harmless mimics that look almost identical until you examine head scalation.
Scolecophis atrocinctus
It's a colubrid and a coral snake mimic.
By the way, anyone that follows the 'red to black venom lack/friend of jack, red to yellow kill a fellow' rule has been reading too many American books. In the USA there are only two species of coral snake, both of which have red and yellow bands side by side, and several species of harmless colubrids in which the red and black bands are side by side. In Latin America there are are 50+ species of coral snake and they come in every combination of colours, including combinations in which the red and black bands are side by side. Some species only have red and black bands so the red and black bands have to be side by side, yet they are venomous.There are also harmless mimics that look almost identical until you examine head scalation.
cockney red
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bundy_zigg
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Wow so us Aussies only know our own snakes - You may but I bet there are heaps that know not only our snakes but also others, and loads of Aussies herpers travel over seas to see other herps.
NCHERPS
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Yes, you are right.
It is sometimes called the centipede snake. Colourful critter!
Neil
JasonL
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