What is this beautiful snake?& how much would you pay?

[wattso]

 

[Greebo]

You can't see the tail...so I am wondering if it is some sort of sea snake?
The sheen and shape of the head would seem to indicate it may be aquatic.
No idea what it is though.

 

[grahamh]

It looks like Aspidites Chromocephalus or possibly A. Metallicus.

Fantastic looking snake !!

G

 

[Fuscus]

I think it is the slatey grey snake Stegonotus cucullatus from far northern Australia. The photo in the Ehmann book shows a similar glossy snake bit without the metallic shine. If it is the SG then SnakesNt ( http://www.snakesnt.com/ ) has then for sale for $200.
Incedentally the slatey-grey first came to my attention when one bit Sir Crickey and he desperately leafed though the Ehmann book to find out what species bit him

 

[bkgone]

looks like a water python

 

[Fuscus]

Scales count seems to low to be a python. All land snakes except pythons have a scale count around 30 while pythons have about 60. This translates as non-pythons scales look bigger.

 

[bkgone]

what do u mean by it has 30 scales?

 

[Fuscus]

scale counts are done around the middle of the snake, from belly scale around to belly-scale. exclusive of the belly scale. And it looks like I was wrong with the numbers, it is 35 or more for pythons and 24 or less for other snakes pps:

 

[varanus]

Cryptophis nigrescens maybe

 

[cwarren72]

I would have thought water python

 

[Fuscus]

Non of the Cryptophis nigrescens that I have seen have had that shine and they have had a fatter head. I'm talking about animals in the gold coast area, this doesn't mean other variations don't have that shine.
Here is a photo of a gold coast Cryptophis nigrescens that I took a couple of years ago
http://150.101.58.70/thumbnails.php?id=Snake_Small_Eyed_Snake .
This page also documents some foolish behavior on my part regarding this snake.

 

[sxereturn]

Is it Australian? Looks similar to a Sunbeam snake...

 

[craig]

i would say small eye snake

 

[marc]

$200 for a slatey that healthy and if it has a tail

 

[wattso]

Sxereturn closest so far, very close ,but its not australian, non ven too. PROPER NAME PLEASE. Same snake hatchy and head shot

 

[marc]

looks like the same snake I posted awhile ago, Loxocemus bicolor.
http://www.aussiepythons.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=download&id=232

 

[wattso]

Nope, close though

 

[marc]

stumps me :cry: where is kevyn when ya need him???

 

[marc]

misty snake

 

[wattso]

nope. ............clue: likes very high humidity. most funive had in while. God id love one of these. sigh.