What snake is this?

[123rover50]

Lurking around my parts shed.
Its only about a foot and a half long but I have not seen one with head marking like that before.

Didiman

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/01/486.jpg

[stig0000]

god im lucky i havent found any of them in the merc:o:o,

id never get in it ever again

[goingbush]

My wife used to do the books for a local snake guy, its a White Crowned Snake

White Crowned Snake Wildlife QLD (http://www.wildlifeqld.com.au/White_Crowned.html)

[ugu80]

Wildlife QLD (http://www.wildlifeqld.com.au/)White_Crowned.html


Mildly venomous but not considered dangerous and are very reluctant to bite.

[Redback]

Here ya go



Pale-headed Snake, Hoplocephalus bitorquatus

Kurrowah Qld

This snake was found on the trunk of an Angophora, photographed in situ at night. These venomous snakes feed mainly on frogs
and lizards. They are adept climbers, usually sheltering in tree hollows during the day. They are listed as vulnerable in NSW where
they are rarely encountered. They are threatened by habitat destruction through tree-clearing and road-building.

[wrinklearthur]

[QUOTE=123rover50;1613134] I have not seen one with head marking like that

Hi Didiman

You can identify that snake, as the shape of the scale plates on its head are specific to it's species.
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[LWB123]

Lurking around my parts shed.
Its only about a foot and a half long but I have not seen one with head marking like that before.

Didiman

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/01/486.jpg

Hello from Brisbane.

Can't help you here.

But, if no one knows for sure, ring the Qld Museum info service. They are an excellent source of advice for identifying most things dead or alive.

Cheers,

[KarlB]

Three possibilities:

Yellow-naped Snake (Furina barnardi): pale area on neck usually not as distinct as in your specimen
Pale-headed Snake (Hoplocephalus bitorquatus): rear margin of pale patch usually rimmed by black line that is sometimes broken; also tends to be arboreal
White Crowned Snake (Cacophis harriettae): white usually distinctinct, extending around the margins of the head

The later seems most likely.

Cheers
KarlB
:)

[123rover50]

god im lucky i havent found any of them in the merc:o:o,

id never get in it ever again

Its OK this was up near the house not down near the shed where the Merc was.
Hows it going?

[bigcarle]

i had one of these dead in the yard only a year or 2 ago and after much studying i found out it is a "white crown snake" yep mildly venomous (highly unusual in Australia IMHO) only grows to about 2 foot (600mm)