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Drysdalia coronoides

White-lipped Snake at Mount Clear, ACT

Drysdalia coronoides at Mount Clear, ACT - 6 Feb 2016
Drysdalia coronoides at Mount Clear, ACT - 6 Feb 2016
Drysdalia coronoides at Mount Clear, ACT - 6 Feb 2016
Drysdalia coronoides at Mount Clear, ACT - 6 Feb 2016
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Identification history

Drysdalia coronoides 12 Feb 2016 GeoffRobertson
Unidentified 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
   12 Feb 2016
Likely not a brown snake. Possibly a Pygopus lepidopodus but not likely. Have seen White-lipped snakes with this colouring. GeoffR
   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

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  • Drysdalia coronoides Scientific name
  • White-lipped Snake Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1957.84m Recorded at altitude
  • 71 images trained Machine learning

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