Mulga Snake vs King Brown Snake

[Nodrog]

should jst call them damn big bitey snakes!!!!

 

[eipper]

... Big Nt jobs are usually called bloody gorgeous...or words similar.......Kingies, dopey buggars and mulgas when talking to other herps....the general public " Mulga or King Brown Snake"

 

[MR_IAN_DAVO]

Just tell them NO, you saw a black snake.

People see black snakes here all the time in CQ.

 

[SnakeyTroy]

I often find myself explaining to people the diference between a King Brown (Mulga) and the Eastern Brown Snake.
Living in Western Sydney I have had a few people tell me that they have seen King Browns in their back yards or other various places and I always find myself telling them, no, you saw an Eastern Brown! Then I have to go through the rigmaroll of explaining that The King Brown is Pseudechis while the Eastern Brown is Pseudonaja and so the King Brown is actually just a Brown coloured Black snake and you will never find a Wild King Brown in Sydney unless some poor herpetologist has had his Mulga escape which would be most unfortunate.

 

[mrblack66]

I call them King Browns because when I say Mulga I feel like I'm saying 'vulgar'.

You need to say it with more of an Aussie twang....

 

[Wild~Touch]

Yellow bellied black snakes are well recognised in my area....

the locals all know how the green tree snakes "crosses" with the browns

can't even bother to try explain - "not possible"

 

[mrblack66]

you have those locals too?!? seems plenty about.....

 

[tankslapt]

I found a 'king brown' in my toilet after I sat on it for a while this morning!
While we're at it, 'pseudonaja' pretty much means fake cobra. Maybe it's me staring at a half empty cup but even if I translated it to 'like a cobra' it's still pretty darn lame.

 

[Snake_Whisperer]

Yellow bellied black snakes are well recognised in my area....

the locals all know how the green tree snakes "crosses" with the browns

can't even bother to try explain - "not possible"

Bwahaha! I ended up in a somewhat heated debate over "yellow-bellied blacks". Apparently they truly do exist!

 

[saximus]

Has anyone noticed that the picture for January in the APS calendar is actually labelled "King Brown"?