What sort of snake please

[leon]

Hi guys whilst i was out fishing i receive a text from my dear wife with a picture of this fellow coming out of the garden and across the driveway.

She hates snakes and bolted into the house

I come home and the thing is still there sunning its self i expect.

Anyway i wanted a picture so Alice threw the camera out the window where i caught it and just got it as it slipped away into the scrub.

Mind you we are nearly three stories up

A beautiful snake indeed, so what is it please.

Sorry forgot to say we are in Yeppoon QLD

Leon

[leon]

What sort of snake please
Hi guys whilst i was out fishing i receive a text from my dear wife with a picture of this fellow coming out of the garden and across the driveway.

She hates snakes and bolted into the house

I come home and the thing is still there sunning its self i expect.

Anyway i wanted a picture so Alice threw the camera out the window where i caught it and just got it as it slipped away into the scrub.

Mind you we are nearly three stories up

A beautiful snake indeed, so what is it please.

Sorry forgot to say we are in Yeppoon QLD

[leon]

Opps two messages, well that has never happened before, lol

Leon

[gts055 (Mark)]

Hii Leon, Looks a nice specimen, I think it is a Carpet Python : https://museumvictoria.com.au/discov...carpet-python/
Mark

[sil (Steve)]

From your photos, my memory and not having my reference book at work.. its a carpet python, 95% sure. Problem with snakes and lizards is identification is typically done by counting scales around eyes and ears. So I assume mostly done post mortem

Not particularly dangerous to worry about. But like most living creatures if you get too close and poke them they can get aggressive in response. Carpet pythons often make good pets. Eat rats, strangle small mammals. Dont know if they are costly (eg worth catching and selling to a pet store to buy telescopes?). You may find it lounging on a tree branch, so take care if you climb a lot.

so for my input: Carpet Python possibly McDowell's Carpet Python.

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Looks like a carpet python to me as well

[leon]

Thanks for that, I thought it may have come from that family of snakes.

I am quite happy for it to be around here and have no intention in harming it at all.

Leon

[doppler (Rick)]

Very common snake up this way, you will probably see a lot more of it, they tend to hang around once they find a good spot. Non venomous and harmless if you leave them alone. http://www.wildlifeqld.com.au/coasta...et-python.html

[sil (Steve)]

Call him Jub Jub and find a nice flat rock he can sun himself on.

[Octane (Humayun)]

What a beautiful specimen! Nice find there, Leon.

H

[blink138 (Pat)]

rather handsome fellow............... i would have guessed python family, just from it's beautiful colour and pattern
pat

[leon]

Agreed he/she is very handsome/pretty I reckon it may be sighted again as there are plenty of hidey places on this property, probably looking for a place to spend the winter.

That is all fine as long as it dose it outside.

Leon

[gaseous (Patrick)]

They love a nice warm roof space Leon!

[leon]

Thanks for that Patrick. LOL

[sil (Steve)]

Originally Posted by gaseous

They love a nice warm roof space Leon!

Also under the couch. My gran bought a second couch after a red bellied black took a liking to her first as a winter home. Under the fridge can be dark and warm too. Beds sometimes but typically where they enter the home is far from bedrooms and enough good locations to go for first.

[AussieTrooper (Ben)]

Lucky you!

These things are great to have around. Harmless if you leave them alone. Not so harmless to rats and mice...

[doppler (Rick)]

We have had plenty of carpet pythons live with us over the years, their preferred spot is to get up high on the rafters in a shed and if in a house it has only ever been in the roof cavity. Nasty ground crawlers are best kept out with draught blockers at the bottom of doors.

[sil (Steve)]

Snakes are amazing wall climbers, would be a good thing if it wanted to live in the roof. Any raditors in the top floor rooms makes a nice warm spot on the ceiling and attracts rodents to nest there under the roof insulation, fan heaters dont do this. Having a snake patrolling up there is a good thing i reckon, better than being kept awake by the sound of rodents chewing on stuff they shouldn't. I swear some of them put on gumboots to run along the timber beams when I'm trying to sleep.

[MichaelSW (Michael)]

G'day.

In 1979 I got this document from a Vet in Goondiwindi - An Australian Snake ID Key, by Harold G. Cogger. It has been useful over the years for up close and personal identification of DEAD snakes - live ones can get a bit touchy when you are counting the number of scales in sensitive areas.

Pages scanned and put into a Google Documents file. You can access and download via this link.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing

[coltpeacemaker (Nathan)]

She's a beast nice find! It's a coastal carpet python but can also found a little further inland too no doubt finding a nice sunny spot to sun its self....