Its snake season

[GuyG]

Its well and truly snake season, like Inc we had one in the house in the last couple of weeks. Fairly sure that one was only a Carpet snake. It was in the bathroom, when I saw it I exited closing the door behind me, but made sure the window was open so it could escape. Thankfully it did.

This morning I went to empty the pool skimmer box and found the following sunning itself on the grass. Can anyone ID it? It was close to a metre long and around an inch thick in the middle. Depending on what it is, ie if its dangerous, is it best to get a snake specialist in to find and remove it or leave it alone. Where it was lying and where it went is within a metre or 2 of the pool where kids etc will be during the summer months. Based on what a friend has said I was probably too close to when taking the pictures.

[sheerluck]

Its well and truly snake season, like Inc we had one in the house in the last couple of weeks. Fairly sure that one was only a Carpet snake. It was in the bathroom, when I saw it I exited closing the door behind me, but made sure the window was open so it could escape. Thankfully it did.

This morning I went to empty the pool skimmer box and found the following sunning itself on the grass. Can anyone ID it? It was close to a metre long and around an inch thick in the middle. Depending on what it is, ie if its dangerous, is it best to get a snake specialist in to find and remove it or leave it alone. Where it was lying and where it went is within a metre or 2 of the pool where kids etc will be during the summer months. Based on what a friend has said I was probably too close to when taking the pictures.

Looks like a Brown, in my very limited experience of them.

[GuyG]

I have found the following website which you can email pics to to get snakes ID'd. Awaiting reply

Snake Identification

[shorty943]

Going by the slightly yellow band behind the neck, I'd say Eastern Brown.
Good one to stay a little back from, only about 9 times more venomous than the King Cobra.

[Redback]

Looks a bit dark to be a brown, Coastal Taipan maybe??

Baz.

[JamesB71]

Its a "bad" brown snake.

You can tell a "good" one because it comes in two pieces.

[Redback]

May even be this little fellow

Carpenteria Whip Snake, Habitat SE QLD



Still think it's a Coastal Taipan, looking at the Snake ID posted above.
http://www.snakecatchers.com.au/Coastal_Taipan.php

[Gumnut]

Hi,

It does indeed look quite like an Eastern Brown Snake, which can deliver a remarkably swift playful nip from a fair distance.

The first strike may, if the target is very lucky indeed, be just for show, and not be loaded with venom. Some sources reckon up to 50% of bites are blanks, if you are feeling lucky.

However, the venom is particularly potent, #2 in the world rankings, and luckily there is an effective and widely available antidote.

I reccomend leaving them alone if outside, not getting too close to take photos, and remove any source of food or habitation for rats or mice.

Keep a broad elastic bandage handy, familiarise yourself with current snake bite first aid treatment, and, if someone is bitten, or even struck at, don't muck about:

Render first aid, call an ambulance and don't panic.

Remember, there is no shame at all in a false alarm in cases where sudden death is a very real possibility and not just a game strategy, and no huge cost to worry about if you keep ambulance insurance.

A very aggro python bit me at least three times in very quick succession recently, and I did not even realise I had been bitten til the blood started leaking out of my arm! I had never been bitten before, and I was very surprised that I could only see the fang marks clearly while the bites were bleeding. When the bleeding stopped and I cleaned them, the bites were very hard to see.

Gumnut

[digger]

Could it be an Australian Copperhead?

Austrailian Copper-head

**EDIT** Just realised you are in Brisbane...not likely a copperhead then.

[GuyG]

The reply from the Snakecatcher website is:

The first 3 pics are of an eastern brown snake, Highly venomous.