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Post by Sir John on Feb 4, 2019 19:07:41 GMT -5
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Post by dontom on Feb 4, 2019 22:50:23 GMT -5
At your link, I see photos of many different species of snakes. One on the bottom, I could easily mistake for a CA Kingsnake and I am very curious what it is.
Your "yellow bellied rat snake" can be several different species of snakes there. Do you have the scientific name? It's really needed for that one.
-Don- Auburn, CA
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Post by Sir John on Feb 5, 2019 0:10:15 GMT -5
Many of our snakes are named for appearance only, much like many birds. The Red Bellied Black snake is just that, as is the Yellow Bellied Black Snake.
Cannot give you the real names but am sure Mr Google and Mr Wikipedia will know.
The Green Tree Snake is just that, Green all over. As is the Green Tree FROG! The one I saw yesterday was #3 and #5 in the images page.
SJ
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Post by dontom on Feb 5, 2019 13:59:44 GMT -5
Many of our snakes are named for appearance only, much like many birds. The Red Bellied Black snake is just that, as is the Yellow Bellied Black Snake. Cannot give you the real names but am sure Mr Google and Mr Wikipedia will know. The Green Tree Snake is just that, Green all over. As is the Green Tree FROG! The one I saw yesterday was #3 and #5 in the images page. SJ IIRC, there are four unrelated species of snakes in Australia that go by that same name of "Yellow Bellied Black Snake". But I will assume the most commonly seen, (Pseudechis porphyriacus) this one. Is that it? -Don- Auburn, CA |
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Post by Sir John on Feb 5, 2019 15:28:50 GMT -5
Don,
No, the black upperside of the Red Bellied is much more glossy and the red underside is quite pronounced.
This one the other day was more of a deep grey/black upperside and a sort of dirty yellow underside.
We backed up the car and I was maybe 6 feet away from him as he 'glared' at me! I doubt he would have completed the trip across the 2 lanes.
SJ
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Post by dontom on Feb 5, 2019 17:06:18 GMT -5
Don, No, the black upperside of the Red Bellied is much more glossy and the red underside is quite pronounced. This one the other day was more of a deep grey/black upperside and a sort of dirty yellow underside. We backed up the car and I was maybe 6 feet away from him as he 'glare'd at me! I doubt he would have completed the trip across the 2 lanes. SJ I don't know why I said "yellow bellied" but perhaps I was thinking about our yellow bellied racer common to this area. However, the link I sent you was for the most common Red Bellied snake over there. -Don- Auburn, CA |
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Post by dontom on Feb 6, 2019 1:50:59 GMT -5
Disregard, I see that you did say yellow on your first message. I was getting the colors mixed up! Anyway, see here.-Don- Auburn, CA |
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Post by Sir John on Feb 7, 2019 16:22:23 GMT -5
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Post by Sir John on Feb 7, 2019 18:51:24 GMT -5
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Post by Sir John on Feb 16, 2019 19:58:22 GMT -5
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Post by dontom on Feb 17, 2019 1:27:49 GMT -5
There, I am getting: "Video not available
Unfortunately, this video is not available in your region.
SS-100-202"Perhaps the same in Canada. Swampy, can you view it? -Don- Auburn, CA |
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Post by Swampy on Feb 17, 2019 2:19:52 GMT -5
Same thing with me, Don.
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Post by Sir John on Feb 22, 2019 15:41:27 GMT -5
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Post by dontom on Feb 22, 2019 20:20:39 GMT -5
What is out there for the rodents to eat? -Don- Cold Springs Valley, NV |
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Post by Sir John on Feb 22, 2019 21:27:44 GMT -5
Actually, many of the Australian native animals are small rat size things that live out there in the sand dunes and scrub etc.
We even have a frog that lives in the flood prone areas, and after the area dries out they bury themselves in that mud and hibernate until the next rains, which may well be a year or three.
If you study that big wall map on your den wall you will see a 'lake' called Lake Eyre near the centre of South Australia. That is a salt lake that fills on average about every 25 years, but has filled three times in the last decade. That area goes crazy with birds and animals abound when the water turns up and they all procreate like mad.
Budgederigars literally by the 10s of 1000s, and even Pelicans etc.
SJ
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