What snake is this?

[TrueBlue]

Its definitely a brown. An easy way to tell at a glance is obvious morphology, the length of a browns head is around 1 1/2 times the width, a taipans head is around 2 1/2 times the width. Plus the sales on the neck and top third of a taipans body are very small and elongated. Its very obvious that its a brown.

 

[AUSGECKO]

OK i gracefuly accept defeat! I hope i never get bitten by a brown or a taipan and have to rely on an I.D using that book because again i look at the two pictures (Taipan in the book and the animal on this thread) and they still look identical to me but i would much rather take TrueBlue,s word for it.

 

[snakecharma]

On second look Thats definitely a keelback

totally agree its definatly a keel back at first look i was gonna say green tree snake but looking closer i now see it for what it really is lol

 

[MissJane]

It's a cat, or an elephant. Hard to tell at that angle.

(good mouse trap, though)

 

[my00wrx1]

Do they move around a bit lot or could it be living (very) nearby? We live in a relatively new estate and while there are houses in the immediate area their is a man made lake a couple of hundred meters away (but not many trees/plants) and a swamp/creek about 500 meters in the other direction.

 

[Kersten]

Do they move around a bit lot or could it be living (very) nearby? We live in a relatively new estate and while there are houses in the immediate area their is a man made lake a couple of hundred meters away (but not many trees/plants) and a swamp/creek about 500 meters in the other direction.

Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your feelings about them) there's a number of snakes living in your area. They're everywhere and in larger numbers than we see them. So even on the odd chance your little brown friend was a transient there'll be others like him. The good thing about the critters is they take note of where you are and when possible beat a hasty retreat - they've probably less desire to be near you than you do to be near them. They're tastes are less demanding than ours so all they need to find an area desirable is food (for a brown that's most things with a pulse) water (this can be anything from the lake you're talking about to a dripping air con) and a place to hide when the big bad humans/dogs/cats/others come out or the sun gets too much to deal with.

 

[redbellybite]

eastern brown snakes encounter human habitat alot more readily then a coastal taipan ,your chances of seeing an eastern brown in or around your home is high as now the weather is warming up ..my sugestion to you is if you have any low lying brush type bushes that touch the ground ,give them a haircut atleast so the bottom of the bush is about a foot off the ground exposing your garden base so you can see clearly ..and keep your grass mowed...any laying around timber /woodpile clean up ..and if you have shed or garage clean up stuff on floor and try and have as many things packed up on shelves ...your main safety is visualisation..if you have a clean organised area then you have a better chance of seeing the snakes... if its in your back yard and you have small children or pets keep them inside untill the snake has gone or get them inside if outdoors...if its in a shed or garage ring a catcher and stay watching the snake untill someone can come and remove it for you ...if its in your home and possible to detain in one room shut the door of room place a towel under the crack of the door to the floor wedge in tight and wait till a catcher can come ..if it cant be contained in a room just watch keep a safe distance of around a few feet away from it and wait it out ,restrain pets and kids ...have a nice summer and take more pics.oh you should have a few catcher numbers on hand too...

 

[redbellybite]

OK i gracefuly accept defeat! I hope i never get bitten by a brown or a taipan and have to rely on an I.D using that book because again i look at the two pictures (Taipan in the book and the animal on this thread) and they still look identical to me but i would much rather take TrueBlue,s word for it.

well at least one of us was believed:lol::lol::lol:

 

[AUSGECKO]

well at least one of us was believed:lol::lol::lol:

What can i say..... It was fun while it lasted

 

[Snakebuster]

Taipan Taipan Taipan!!

 

[Pythons Rule]

hell why not I'll say it.. it's a Eastern Brown X Taipan never know, ya know. lol

 

[ryanharvey1993]

its an eastern brown snake, not a coastal taipan. pretty easy to tell it is a brown, how many of you people that are answering have even seen either of these species before?

 

[JasonL]

hell why not I'll say it.. it's a Eastern Brown X Taipan never know, ya know. lol

Sorry, You are totally wrong, Taipans and browns don't cross breed. Taipans only cross breed with carpet pythons, their offspring grow massive ( from one side of the road to the other) and drink milk from cows udders.

 

[sasquatch001]

Eastern Brown

 

[jemnesa]

you dont need mouse traps with them brownies cleaning them up for you..... lol

gees i wish they would come clean up my rats for me!!!!!!

 

[pythonman]

Eastern Brown Snake

king brown and belive u me they move incredibley fast speeds so stay out its path and just let it pass through thats if it is still in your yard laters mate

 

[saratoga]

?????

 

[Rainbow-Serpent]

Taipan or Eastern Brown.

 

[JasonL]

?????

lol, if it was up to the public, there'd be no such thing as a "common" brown snake, King Brown sounds so much deadly, I mean, how venomous could such a "common" snake be?

 

[Armand]

mmmmm not easy lol.. my first thought was taipan but the head colour has to be more yellow/ white.. eastern brown