Study: Snakebite in tropical Australia

[elapid@]

great find greg nice pics too.

i noticed pic 3 ( lateral side ) Head has a extra scale surrounding back of the eye.

cheers steve

 

[Fuscus]

it is hard to spot but the bites from Oxyuranus scutellatus, Oxyuranus microlepidotus and Pseudechis guttatus are all marked as from captive animals.

 

[waruikazi]

That's awesome Greg thanks a tone for posting! I am seriously envious of you.

 

[Jonno from ERD]

I have learnt, after my last incident of not believing someone about Coastal Taipans, that it is safer to be disappointed then to call someones bluff...and I'm glad I didn't call your bluff Greg, because those two are definitely Coastal Taipans. I don't think I've ever been so stoked to see a photo of a snake then I am right now. Good work!

 

[elapid@]

great find greg nice pics too.

i noticed pic 3 ( lateral side ) Head has a extra scale surrounding back of the eye.

cheers steve

just done a scale count and the taipan in your picture has seven scales surrounding the eye
or is it just a cracked scale?, the scale looks like its divided . If you have a look at all the coastals they have 6 scales surround the eye, its probably just a cracked scale, be great if it was a new species
cheers steve

 

[Jonno from ERD]

I just checked some photos I have here of Coastal Taipans and some have 6, others have 7.

 

[waruikazi]

I don't think I've ever been so stoked to see a photo of a snake then I am right now. Good work!

Same, though i'll add jealous too.

 

[redbellybite]

GREG thats fantastic! and you have proven the theory of "Just cause its says they are not there ,doesnt mean their not".............glad you didnt get any side effects from that bite as you looked like you would have been in a spot of trouble being where you were if you had .

 

[Jonno from ERD]

Red Belly Bite,

There are records from both places Greg found those Taipans, so nobody was saying they didn't occur that...it's just that for every 1000 non-herp people that thinks they've seen a Taipan, only 1 or 2 actually have.