Author Topic: Need help identifying snake... (Read 10861 times)

jeeps · « **on:** January 23, 2013, 11:53:19 AM »

I've had a couple of these little baby pythons around the yard lately. Very small, the first pic show my car key in the pic to illustrate it's size. It's a carpet python which i'd say is Amythystine Python (Scrub Python), not sure but i want to know the exact species. It was quite placid, not that i handled it. Does anyone recognize it?

cheers

xcvator · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2013, 01:19:48 PM »

Dunno know what sort of snake that is, but I bet you don't have too many mice around

Mallory Black · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2013, 01:59:53 PM »

not an expert but looks like a young scrub python alright... in need of a feed by the look of him
very pretty

Mace · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2013, 02:04:16 PM »

Are you lot gonna tell me that that cute, pretty thing can grow into one of these:

(shocked smiley)

UR-50-LO · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2013, 02:23:10 PM »

It's a coastal carpet python... Harmless!!!

sol · « **Reply #5 on:** January 23, 2013, 02:25:49 PM »

My son looked at it and reckons its a Bredli Python.

dungee · « **Reply #6 on:** January 23, 2013, 02:37:12 PM »

Looks like a baby Coastal Carpet or Morelia Spilota Mcdowelli, these come in quite a range of different colours.

UR-50-LO · « **Reply #7 on:** January 23, 2013, 02:42:17 PM »

Bredli are red and white (with black outlines unless Hypomenalistic) and have a limited locality of Central Aus in the NT (Alice Springs area). They'd be out of their range in QLD and be extremely lucky to have bred true with other rogues of the same species if a lost pet etc...The snake has typical coastal colouring (although they are very variable) and markings (saddles). I've kept and bred snakes since the early 80's and published an article on this exact species. I would bet both my nuts, 2 arms and a leg or 2 on it infact lol.

Kit_e_kat9 · « **Reply #8 on:** January 23, 2013, 03:35:18 PM »

Another vote for Coastal Carpet Python ... we had one called Monty ... but he's "gone bush" now. See if I can find you a pic. Oh hey, found the snake babies the BF rescued from a work site too. So cute!

Kit_e

Mace · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2013, 03:38:10 PM »

cruisindub · « **Reply #10 on:** January 23, 2013, 05:56:48 PM »

Might be harmless, but still would have scared the bejesus out of me.

BigJules · « **Reply #11 on:** January 23, 2013, 07:20:27 PM »

Lovely snake

markg66 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 23, 2013, 08:08:22 PM »

Used to have a resident carpet snake in the shed each summer, loved to sleep wrapped around the drill press, was a hassle moving him when I needed to drill something but was a great snake, very placid but left snake crap every where, now there's no snake I have to bait the rodents, the snake was much more fun even with the snake crap to clean up.

Trackabout Off Road Campers · « **Reply #13 on:** January 23, 2013, 08:49:16 PM »

I'd like to think your key's bigger than it looks

gonfishen · « **Reply #14 on:** January 23, 2013, 08:55:46 PM »

Love snake, some people think it tastes like chicken, but i think it tastes like Kola just my opinion

Tjupurula · « **Reply #15 on:** January 23, 2013, 08:56:08 PM »

Let it grow a bit, well maybe a lot, and I will not worry about the name, just call it tucker.

evolution · « **Reply #16 on:** January 23, 2013, 08:56:43 PM »

Quote from: Trackabout Off Road Campers on January 23, 2013, 08:49:16 PM

I'd like to think your key's bigger than it looks

I think it is mate

Cheers
Evo

Trackabout Off Road Campers · « **Reply #17 on:** January 23, 2013, 09:25:00 PM »

Evo, they are very little men!

evolution · « **Reply #18 on:** January 23, 2013, 09:47:26 PM »

Quote from: Trackabout Off Road Campers on January 23, 2013, 09:25:00 PM

Evo, they are very little men!

Yeah considering I think the key goes with this car.
I mean jeeps, do you really need such a big car? I mean if the hummer is a little big for our tracks, how do you go?

Cheers
Evo

alnjan · « **Reply #19 on:** January 23, 2013, 09:51:25 PM »

We have this guy and a few of his mates living around us. Sometimes they come and say hello

jeeps · « **Reply #20 on:** January 24, 2013, 02:08:00 AM »

Quote from: evolution on January 23, 2013, 09:47:26 PM

Yeah considering I think the key goes with this car.
I mean jeeps, do you really need such a big car? I mean if the hummer is a little big for our tracks, how do you go?

Cheers
Evo

What can i say, i have big hands so i need a big steering wheel

cheers

fishfinder · « **Reply #21 on:** January 24, 2013, 04:54:50 AM »

yep it is an emu

jaycamrie · « **Reply #22 on:** January 24, 2013, 05:07:11 AM »

Here is one that lives in the shed

dungee · « **Reply #23 on:** January 24, 2013, 07:09:44 PM »

They don't like it when you hold their head :-(

Hairs · « **Reply #24 on:** February 05, 2013, 03:15:20 PM »

With all the wet weather around of late, we have a little visitor hanging around the back door and in the carport.
Does anyone know what type of snake it is?
You may have top download the pic and zoom in.

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