3 White-lipped Snake at Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Identification history
| Drysdalia coronoides | 29 Apr 2019 | GeoffRobertson | ||
| Drysdalia coronoides | 29 Apr 2019 | roymcd | ||
| Unverified | 29 Apr 2019 | roymcd |
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Just a little tiddler, not much longer than the palm of my hand, warming itself on the path. Mistook it for a twig and almost stood on it, mercifully it didn't strike.
6 comments
WillO
wrote:
30 Apr 2019
Good question. White-lipped snakes will bite quite readily if handled. Venomous but not regarded as dangerous, however reaction to bite could vary between people. Will.
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
30 Apr 2019
Interesting to hear that they bite quite readily if handled. I was lucky the one I saw not far from this sighting in March 2018 was probably a bit cold because it didn't move for many minutes and I was actually able to touch it. See: 
Drysdalia coronoides (White-lipped Snake) on 12 Mar 2018
Drysdalia coronoides (White-lipped Snake) on 12 Mar 2018
roymcd
wrote:
30 Apr 2019
Well you've got more guts than me Matthew, I was scared it might be a juvenile Eastern Brown, so I didn't venture any further... :-)
Nice sighting yours too :-)
Nice sighting yours too :-)
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
2 May 2019
I think it was ignorance more than guts. I knew mine was a White-lipped Snake when I touched it but was unaware it was venomous, but on reflection I should have expected so. It was so small, I couldn't really imagine it causing me much harm. The snake in your sighting looks a bit browner than mine, so I can see why you were very cautious.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.969687-35.749638
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Rendezvous Creek, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Apr 2019 01:33 PM Recorded on
- roymcd Recorded by
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roymcd 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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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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