What snake is this ?

[dobermanmick]

Hello Andreas friends in south brisbane just found this snake in a park near her house Can you identify it ?

I know its a bad pic

 

[Guest]

Keal back, or the other venomous type one which i can't member the name. I THINK!!

 

[Greebo]

Do you mean a Rough-scaled snake? You better hope its a Keelback.
Hard to tell from the top, a side view of the head would make it easier to tell.

 

[Guest]

yeah thatts what i ment greebo. cheers.

 

[dobermanmick]

poor little bugger died

 

[dobermanmick]

Might have some more pics coming

 

[PilbaraPythons]

Definately a Freshwater snake/Keelback 100% sure.

Adrian

 

[Greebo]

How could you tell the difference from that photo? I am not questioning that you are right but rather how you tell the difference from a Rough-scale snake.

 

[PilbaraPythons]

Basically I can tell @ a glance because of all the keelbacks I rescued as a kid on the sunshine coast in S.E.Queensland. In that area there is both keelbacks which mainly occur in the lower coastal areas and the rough-scales which I have also encountered often while spending time looking at everything that moves in the higher mainly rainforest areas in the mountains behind Brisbane (Mt. Glorious and Mt. Nebo). Anyway, I've never really given a great deal of thought to how it is I distinguish between the two but now that I have, the rough-scaled snake has a more distinct head, less streamlined to the body when compared to the head of the keelback. Aftyer a while you develop an eye for it and can pick it at a glance. I am still absolutely sure its a keelback.

 

[Fuscus]

flip the body upside down, if the scales after the vent (subcaudals) are undivided (single row) then its a roughy, two rows its a keelback. Also look for fangs. Chances are its a keel back.
When I lived in that area I would not play with keelbacks, and regarded them as dangerous, far to simular to roughies and I couldn't tell the difference without flipping it.

 

[dobermanmick]

Thanks Guys but i dont have it up here to check but i will get an email to them to see if they can do it !