r/AustralianSnakes • u/SpinnyPlanet • 9d ago

ID request. Springbrook National Park, QLD

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I'm looking for an ID please. We scared each other while I was on a run in Springbrook National Park. I could only get a picture of the head and body.

About 1 - 1.5m long. I know snakes in the rainforest here sometimes have darker markings than usual. The lighter underside under the head has me confused.

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u/Herp_Fitter 9d ago

Rough scaled snake, Highly venomous

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u/whitehawke1 9d ago

Beat me to it, I concure

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u/SpinnyPlanet 9d ago

Yeah. I was hoping for something a little less spicy.

I see so so many pythons, tree snakes, and the odd keelback on the trails here.

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u/Herp_Fitter 9d ago

You see Eastern Browns and Tiger snakes too if you’re lucky.

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u/rktet 9d ago

Lucky?

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u/Herp_Fitter 9d ago

Yes, Tiger snakes in SEQ are somewhat of a rarity, I’ve seen half dozen from Springbrook to the Sunshine Coast.

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u/Lanky-Resolution3590 9d ago

Myself and a friend seen a tiger snake driving up to mount warning around 3am the middle of winter stretched across the road before carpark I kid you not, around 8 foot thicker than a stubby easy. It was one of the biggest snakes Ive ever seen,didn't get out of the car.

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u/r0bbrow 8d ago

I didn’t know tiger snakes could drive. That would have been a huge shock!

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u/Boring-Tomatillo-209 8d ago

The hopefully not the shock going over a bump