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Snakefield National Park


Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis). I found him when walking along a track at night. We found a larger one on the road the same night, but I didn’t get any pics.


Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata)


Keelback (Tropidonophis mairii)



Greater black whipsnake (Demansia papuensis). I was sitting on a creek bank recording the body temperature of a croc when I heard a rustle behind me. I turned around to fine this small whipsnake cruising along just centimetres from my hands. I only managed to get one pic before he darted off.


Curl snake (Suta suta)


An orange-naped snake (Furina ornata)


Spotted python (Antaresia maculosa)

This entry was posted on Thursday June 21st, 2007 at 9:52 am and is filed under Animal photos, In the field. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Snakefield National Park”

  1. Betho Says:
    June 24th, 2007 at 11:05 am

    Wow Stew, fantastic pics! And so many snakes! Wish I was there to learn some snake ID with you, but in the mean time I’ll check out the frogs and birds and give you my thoughts. Have a great time, and see you in a week :)

  2. macey Says:
    June 30th, 2007 at 10:29 pm

    stewart, braden here. i have had dinner with you a couple of times at tania’s. nice pics. nice little macie too and the orange-naped is amazing.

    -macey

  3. Stewart Says:
    July 2nd, 2007 at 12:43 pm

    Hi Braden,

    Thanks! It was a good, snake-filled trip!

    Stewart

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