snake ID please

[Kaotic]

Hey everyone.
I work in a child care centre and one of my littles guys brought this in today. It was found yesterday in a spiders web already dead. can anyone tell me what it is please? Sorry about the bad quality of the pic.

 

[bouncn]

brown snake?

wonder what kind of spider it was

 

[mines bigger]

i would say its an eastern brown

 

[GrumpyTheSnake]

I'd say a brown.
Please make sure none of the kids touch it anywhere near the head. They can still be venomous even after death.

 

[MrBredli]

Looks like a Keelback to me or some sort of colubrid - i'm not too familiar with the colubrids excluding the Tree Snakes and Keelback, so if it's not a Keelback than i don't know. If it is a colubrid it should have a small 'groove' running down its spine. If it is a Brown Snake it will have small brown blotches on its belly, which i presume it doesn't.

 

[nuthn2do]

Head shape and scales don't look like typical textilis.

 

[Magpie]

Very hard to tell, but I'm thinking maybe slatey grey?

 

[Bendarwin]

Maybe a whipsnake. look at its tail............

 

[cris]

Being in a spider web i would doubt its an eastern brown, they generally have bands and stuff as far as i know.

I would go with some species of elapid...

The spider would be a red back for sure, they are reptile specialists.

 

[cris]

Where was it found?

 

[Australis]

I think i can see a loreal scale, pretty hard to tell though, if so mags might be right with Stegonotus cucullatus

 

[Australis]

Any more photos, maybe from another angle?

 

[serenaphoenix]

Being in a spider web i would doubt its an eastern brown, they generally have bands and stuff as far as i know.
I would go with some species of elapid...
The spider would be a red back for sure, they are reptile specialists.

Please excuse my ignorance but i try to avoid spiders and any associated knowledge... but the redback didn't actually kill that snake did it? It wasn't trying to eat it was it?

 

[Lucas]

First thought was keelback. Close up of the head?

 

[cris]

Rhinoplocephalus sp. ?
definately an elapid IMO after looking in cogger.

 

[Australis]

:shock:

 

[Goannas1]

Very hard to tell, but I'm thinking maybe slatey grey?

me too magpie or a eastern small eyed snake

 

[cris]

Please excuse my ignorance but i try to avoid spiders and any associated knowledge... but the redback didn't actually kill that snake did it? It wasn't trying to eat it was it?

Well since i didnt see it happen i cant guarantee it, but redbacks do catch and kill reptiles such as small snakes and lizards very often IMO its probably why their webs and venom are so strong.

 

[cris]

What are ppl's thoughts on on it being Rhinoplocephalus sp. ?

 

[pugsly]

" can anyone tell me what it is please? "

I'm pretty sure its a snake.