White-lipped Snake at Mount Clear, ACT
Identification history
| Drysdalia coronoides | 12 Feb 2016 | GeoffRobertson | ||
| Unverified | 6 Feb 2016 | jackfrench |
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Juvenile brown?
4 comments
WillO
wrote:
9 Feb 2016
ID not conclusive as you cannot see enough of the head - this looks like the rusty coloured form of the White-lipped Snake that you sometimes see higher up in Namadgi. The darker grey-coloured head marking is not like that found on juvenile brown snakes. see http://museumvictoria.com.au/bioinformatics/snake/images/corolive1.html and also http://www.gondwanareptileproductions.com/dcoronoides.html and http://www.flickriver.com/photos/tags/drysdaliacoronoides/interesting/
jackfrench
wrote:
10 Feb 2016
I had a look at the links that is the snake in question we actually came across three over the course of the day very quick moving for photos though
GeoffRobertson
wrote:
12 Feb 2016
Likely not a brown snake. Possibly a Pygopus lepidopodus but not likely. Have seen White-lipped snakes with this colouring. GeoffR
GeoffRobertson
wrote:
12 Feb 2016
WillO stated ID not conclusive as you cannot see enough of the head - this looks like the rusty coloured form of the White-lipped Snake that you sometimes see higher up in Namadgi. The darker grey-coloured head marking is not like that found on juvenile brown snakes.
My comments is not a brown snake. Possibly a Pygopus lepidopodus but not likely. Have seen White-lipped snakes with this colouring. GeoffR
My comments is not a brown snake. Possibly a Pygopus lepidopodus but not likely. Have seen White-lipped snakes with this colouring. GeoffR
Location information
- Coordinates 148.960900-35.835080
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Mount Clear, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 6 Feb 2016 07:32 PM Recorded on
- jackfrench Recorded by
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Collections
jackfrench Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Drysdalia coronoides Snakes Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Drysdalia coronoides Scientific name
- White-lipped Snake Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1957.84m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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