Manager from local cattle station rang-said I'd better bring in a wide field lens-not sure what it was about,took camera gear in.Was rather shocked to see the cast skin of a very large brown snake of barn steps-largest either of us had ever seen-see images,they explain it better than words,there was a small 6 inch piece of tail skin missing.The third photo,shows a close up of the tail area where a six inch piece had broken off,so add that to length shown .
The book "A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia" by S Wilson and G Swan,says the Common Brown Snake reaches a length up to 2.2 m.That's scary enough-but this one is just too scary!
