Scarborough sea snake
Submitted by pelagicyachts on Fri, 2018-09-14 14:59
Mate of mine is a beach inspector, sent me a pic of this yesterday - was on the beach at Scarborough - never seen one that colour before and only ever seen one in Perth which was years ago
Image Upload:
sunshine
Posts: 2600
Date Joined: 03/03/09
Put money it is a python or file snake
definitely not a sea snake .....head wrong shape !
Faulkner Family
Posts: 18026
Date Joined: 11/03/08
the body and tail do tho .
the body and tail do tho . thats the wierd part
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Faulkner Family
Posts: 18026
Date Joined: 11/03/08
dedfinately looks a bit
dedfinately looks a bit different . wierd seeing it on the beach
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Mulie
Posts: 546
Date Joined: 20/02/11
Yellow bellied sea snake.
Yellow bellied sea snake.
Mulie
Cleo
Posts: 19
Date Joined: 06/12/13
Yellow Belly
Checked it out with the SnakeMan Brian Bush who responded as follows:
Yellow-bellied sea snake - a true pelagic species. Potentially dangerously venomous, but no deaths.
Cheers
meglodon
Posts: 5981
Date Joined: 17/06/10
After storm
They where quiet common on the beaches some years back after a storm had passed through.
As Mulie says yellow bellied sea snake.
Michael Yoni
Posts: 603
Date Joined: 02/01/11
https://www.perthnow.com.au/n
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/offbeat/yellow-bellied-sea-snake-surprises-freo-beach-goers-ng-b88961309z.amp?__twitter_impression=true
Not the only one. It appears another washed up at Port Beach.