Snakes

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=80 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="21a8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>index</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="index"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Frogs"><U>Frogs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lizards"><U>Lizards</U></A>   |   <B>Snakes</B>   |   <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Turtles "><U>Turtles  </U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=400 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="21a8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Snakes</I></div> <div> All snakes, lizards, turtles and frogs (including tadpoles) are protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, and it is against the law to take them from the wild. You can get a licence from the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) to keep captive - bred reptiles as pets. </div> <bR> <div> To find out more about an individual snake please click on the picture.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="3" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="812" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#003300" BORDERCOLORDARK="#006633" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 82 WIDTH="141"><div> <B>Red Bellied Black</B></div> <div> <I>Pseudechis porphyriacus</I><I><B> </B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="82" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="140"><div> <I><B>Bandy Bandy</B></I></div> <div> <I>Vermicella annulata</I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I> </I></FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="82" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="146"><div> <B>Children's Python</B></div> <div> <I>Liasis childreni</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="82" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="12" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="145"><div> <B>Coastal Carpet Python</B></div> <div> <I>Morelia s. mcdowelli</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="82" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <B>Olive Python</B></div> <div> <I>Liasis olivaceus</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 135 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Red bellied Black"><U><IMG SRC="1be7e580.jpg" border=0 width="126" height="88" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="135" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bandybandy"><U><IMG SRC="1bf72560.jpg" border=0 width="114" height="86" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="135" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childrens Python"><U><IMG SRC="1c06e760.jpg" border=0 width="110" height="118" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="135" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="12" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id135.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Coastal Carpet Python"><U><IMG SRC="2b77c810.jpg" border=0 width="124" height="129" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="135" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Olive Python"><U><IMG SRC="2847f480.jpg" border=0 width="127" height="72" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="141"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="141" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="12" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="145"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="145" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="152"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="152" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 76 ><NOBR><div> <B>Water Python</B></div> <div> <I>Liasis fuscus</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <B>Diamond Python</B></div> <div> <I>Morelia s. spilota</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="146"><div> <B>Yellow - faced Whip snake</B></div> <div> <I>Demansia psammophis</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="12" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="145"><div> <B>Curl Snake</B></div> <div> <I>Suta Suta</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="152"><div> <B>Taipan</B></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#006633" FACE="Arial" ><I>Oxyuranus scutellatus</I></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 103 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Water Python"><U><IMG SRC="1c169610.jpg" border=0 width="105" height="97" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="103" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Diamond Python"><U><IMG SRC="1c287570.jpg" border=0 width="135" height="87" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="103" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yellowfaced Whip Snake"><U><IMG SRC="1c386610.jpg" border=0 width="134" height="97" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="103" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="12" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id148.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Curl Snake"><U><IMG SRC="1c47a4e0.jpg" border=0 width="122" height="78" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="103" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mainland Taipan"><U><IMG SRC="28580520.jpg" border=0 width="128" height="82" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="141"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="141" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="12" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="145"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="145" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="152"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="152" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 95 WIDTH="141"><div>  <B>Eastern Brown Snake</B></div> <div> <I>Pseudonaja textilis</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="95" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="140"><div> <B>Blue-Bellied or Spotted black Snake</B></div> <div> <I>Pseudechis guttatus</I><I><B> </B></I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="95" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="146"><div> <B>Black - headed Python</B></div> <div> <I>Aspidites melanocephalus</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="95" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="12" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="145"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="95" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="145" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="95" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="152"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="95" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="152" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 108 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eastern Brown Snake"><U><IMG SRC="28674660.png" border=0 width="116" height="102" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="108" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bluebellied Black Snake"><U><IMG SRC="2886c640.png" border=0 width="108" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="108" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id156.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blackheaded Python"><U><IMG SRC="1de71620.jpg" border=0 width="113" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="108" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="12" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="145"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="108" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="145" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="108" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="152"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="108" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="152" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 19 WIDTH="141"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="141" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="140"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="140" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="146"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="146" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="12" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="145"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="145" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="152"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="19" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="152" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>All photos, graphics and images on this site remain the copyright of the original photographers, artists and SOFAR, </I></div> <div> <I>and must not be reproduced without prior agreement. </I></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Updated 7 July 2007</div> </td> </tr></table></body>