Snake ID

[Tracey family]

Old wives tale

no its definitely true

[LC]

From what i,ve heard, this was taken at Cardwell, north Qld, after Yasi. Of course, i could have been mislead, but it looks like an amathystine python, to me.

On closer inspection of the photo I suspect that you maybe correct. I am presuming that the crop growing in the background is sugar cane, and last time I drove through Maitland i.e. last weekend I dont recall seeing any sugar cane growing there. It would appear that a few people including myself have been sucked in and taken for a ride on this one!

[Pauly]

We get both Blacks and Browns here, my neighbour has a resident black under his pool waterfall and I see a Brown next to his fence so I recon its a wifes tale also

[Symon]

From what i,ve heard, this was taken at Cardwell, north Qld, after Yasi. Of course, i could have been mislead, but it looks like an amathystine python, to me.

I would agree that it is a python of some kind.  I have been told that it wasn't at Cardwell, but somewhere else just south of Townsville.

[griz066]

and you should never ever get rid of a black because they keep the browns away.

Urban myth my friend

[darren]

At one of the properties we lived at we had heaps of snakes, Mainly brown. So much sho i bought my wife a pump action 12 gauge and i kept 6's in it. Anyway i was walking to the shed one day and nearly stepped on a brown snake, and as i was giving it a swerve i nearly stood on a black snake. I think no one had told these pair the rule.

[gronk]

The old saying.....blue & green should never be seen.....but black & brown ?....not when snakes around! !!

[griz066]

Got this one at work the other day 6'8" in the old scale, biggest brown I have ever seen.