there locality and pattern can misguide you. if you look closly at that dimond a normal and high yellow u can tell how they are dimonds. get a fuildguide to reptiles of australia it will help you out alot more
thanks Reptile Boy - I see that there can be quite a bit of variation and this one looked mostly black with very little yellow and very few light spots
And could anyone identify this one that I saw the other week at Chute Harbour, Airlie Beach? I imagine its some sort of whip snake but not to sure what type
Oh i just looked up that place on google, its up North, so it may be something else, Not like anything iv seen before, I thought it looked like psammophis too in the 1st pic, if not then def. Demansia of some sort.
1st pic: Diamond Pythons (Morelia spilota spilota)
and 2nd pic Is (imo): Collared Whipsnake (Demansia torquata)
The reason for me believing it's a Collared whipsnake is because of the red belly, but collard's typically have darker colours on their backs, so I'm just guessing that it may be a dark specimen? btw. I have NO IDEA where Airies beach is, so, if it isnt where Collards are found...oops