Hi Kevin,

I sent this link to a mate of mine in AU to have a look at...this is his response below. Can you get any clearer pics for him?


Gday,
Anja without actually being able to personally handle the snake for scalation count purposes it 99.99% pretty much has to be within the Pseudonaja family??
The head structure, scalation and constriction of the prey item is spot on for the classic "Pseudonaja" with the most common form being the "textilis", but variations thru to Pseudonaja nuchalis (Western Brown)
could be probable as the 'western' can have the collared appearance carried throughout the entire life-cycle..

I couldnt reply to kevin peronally just yet as need to login become member etc but Anja, this guy needs to know that Pseudonaja is in fact the second most toxic of our 'vens'?? Its actually a more toxic venom than Taipan but brown has very very weak venom delivery (very small fang bout 2-3mm long in 5-6foot animal??)
If he has limited experience with elapids etc he needs to treat the thing like a hand grenade missin a pin!!lol
Can be a very good snake to handle but in all my years of Australian vens they would be in the top 2-3 of the most unpredictable and potentially dangerous..More browns kill Aussies than more other snakes nowdays as very very common in populated habitats...
I hope it helps, but if you can get an idea of the correct scalation counts etc, (bit difficult in pic will have another go in minute).. I will be able to pinpiont it down to the correct subspecies if like if someone can forward me the scaltion numbers...etc??
Thanks Anja but let him know if it hit him with a good chew, ("hit and hang on", and the mongrels do because the small fang issue, but if it chomped him good, well a guy dropped dead in 45mins in the mid 90's from a Pseudonaja, and that was with first aid applied in first 10mins!!!

Hope helps thanks again
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