If its not a snake then what is it???
Often times I will turn up to a snake call out to find the ‘snake’ is actually not a snake at all… Some of the pseudosnakes I encounter include; – The most common snake impostor…
Snake Bite First Aid
As a general rule snakes are a secretive timid animal that are unlikely to want to waste their physiologically expensive venom on an animal they are going to be unable to prey upon. However, in…
Red-bellied Black Snake
Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus The red-bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) has a slightly better reputation with the brisbane public than the eastern brown. Like most ‘black snakes’ the red-belly is disinclined to bite and generally…
Eastern Brown Snake
Eastern Brown Snake Pseudonaja textilis As a snake catcher and wildlife ecologist from brisbane I get contacted all the time to remove the infamous and highly venomous ‘brown snake’ from a persons home or business.…