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24th February 2010, 10:13 PM
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What snake is this?
Evening All, Last week while at Fraser I came across another snake, scared the ***** out of me. It was on the grass in front of me. Someone on the island told me more than likely what it was, but was wondering if someone on here could actually id it for me. I'm lucky it went the other way, but all the same it was way too close for comfort, it was less than a metre in front of me.
Mind you I did see 3 snakes while I was up there  , which is a lot considering I don't think I've ever see any previously on the islandThe pics probably come up too small, can email larger ones if it helps.
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24th February 2010, 11:34 PM
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It was suggested that it may have been a King Brown - just trying to get confirmation.
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24th February 2010, 11:41 PM
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Hard to tell from the pics but certianly does not look like any king brown I have ever seen... they are a more uniform colour I thought
(and i've seen a few... well whats left of them after being spat out by the ride-on)
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24th February 2010, 11:42 PM
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you have never seen another snake before this trip?
seriously? I must see a snake at least monthly... anyway, I'm sure Crump will be along shortly with an ID for you...
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24th February 2010, 11:50 PM
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Man air lifted after snake bite | Sunshine Coast News | Local News in Sunshine Coast | The Sunshine Coast Daily
I thought it was a tiger snake myself? there are 18 types of snake on fraser.
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25th February 2010, 12:35 AM
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25th February 2010, 03:25 AM
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Wonder how long it was?
quite a beautiful snake, possibly juvenile. Taipan?
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25th February 2010, 05:33 AM
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Looks like a keelback also known as a Freshwater snake to me, it's not a King brown or taipan
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25th February 2010, 11:11 AM
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How long was it. From the first picture I thought it was possibly a "rough scale," the 4th or 5th most deadly snake in the world, but would like to know more before I made a firm decission. Certainly the "rough scale" could be found in that color and pattern, but would not be longer than a metre. I do not remember if the "rough scale" has that head shape that I saw when i looked at the second picture, but still think it is possible.
I do strongly doubt an identification that was given on a previous snake thread, but without scale counts would not argue over the matter. 
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25th February 2010, 11:28 AM
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It looks like a keelback to me. Rough scales have more of a 'band' pattern.
Saw a few browns up there over Christmas, but nothing sizeable.
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