Found on the lawn near a garden bed this morning. Looks like the cat may have found it overnight going by the bite and chew damage to the reptile. Have seen a couple of other very similar sized and similar appearance snakes in the garden over the past decade or so.
It is about 300 / 350mm long with an olive green / grey colouring and the belly has an almost sparkly iridescent in the sunshine.
Also have several Blue Tongues ( and no snails ) around the yard, lots of skinks and have had a couple of small Red Bellies over the years, that the cat may have dragged home.
All this wildlife in suburban Bulli, who would've thought and don't get me started on the Sulphur Crested, Rainbow Lorikeets and King Parrots .
Anyway if any Herpetologists out there can identify the species it would be most interesting, the closest I could find from pictures was maybe an Golden Crowned Snake.
Thanks for that Alex, I think. I know it's the time of year that juvenile snakes are on the move and was thinking that it wasn't a type of python, from the shape of the head, so what is it ? A brown is not what I want to hear though.
Could be a brown. Scale counts will tell you, must be dead. for you to do them. good photo on Google images a few years back, showing a stack of diiferent smnakes, but every one was a Eastern brown Snake,
Snake is definitely dead, didn't bite or wriggle when picked up. From all the pictures that I've seen so far , it looks very much like a juvenile brown, head shape and eye colour etc. Not good, don't like browns, red bellies are almost cool if you don't get too close, seen plenty at the local golf courses and elsewhere.
Thanks for you input, would always welcome more info though.
The current mouse plague will see some very fat and contented browns, red belly blacks and pythons
Can't do much other than keep your wits about you. Yes they are aggressive, but at the same time they don't see us as food - little comfort though when one is charging down the driveway to have a go at you with blood in its eyes...
Yea I know, give them plenty of room and they're happy to get away from us and I'm happy to give them all the room they need to do that. As long as it's not toward the front door, unless on the way out.
Hi,
It's difficult to tell from the pictures, but it is definitely a venomous snake, most likely an elapid. The belly scales are relatively large and the head is indistinct from the body in elapids like brown snakes, red bellies or taipans for example. Remember even a dead snake is still deadly if you get any saliva in an open wound. So be careful when you dispose of it. Also, native wildlife and cats don't mix too well. Eventually the cat will get bitten if it continues to hunt snakes.
