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Species name: Carpentaria Snake (Cryptophis boschmai)
Other Common names: Eastern Carpentaria Whip Snake.
Significance to Humans: Mildly venomous.
All bites should still be treated immediately and attended to with correct first aid.
General description: Generally light to dark brown with scales tipped anteriorly with darker spot. Stoutish tail with a white to cream belly. Midbody scales at 15 rows.
Average Length: 45-50cm with a maximum length around 60cm.
Habitat in SE Qld: Favours dry woodland vegetation communities. Found crossing roads in farmland areas in the Lockyer Valley and Darling Downs.
General habits: Appears predominantly nocturnal to crepuscular.
Diet: Feeds almost exclusively on skinks with one road killed specimen found near Splityard Creek with a recently ingested juvenile Eastern Bearded Dragon in its gut.
Local distribution: Recorded throughout suitable habitat in the Lockyer and Esk Valleys extending west throughout the Darling Downs.
Around the home: The habitat preference of this species would see it occur mainly within rural properties containing favoured localities.
Other Common names: Eastern Carpentaria Whip Snake.
Significance to Humans: Mildly venomous.
All bites should still be treated immediately and attended to with correct first aid.
General description: Generally light to dark brown with scales tipped anteriorly with darker spot. Stoutish tail with a white to cream belly. Midbody scales at 15 rows.
Average Length: 45-50cm with a maximum length around 60cm.
Habitat in SE Qld: Favours dry woodland vegetation communities. Found crossing roads in farmland areas in the Lockyer Valley and Darling Downs.
General habits: Appears predominantly nocturnal to crepuscular.
Diet: Feeds almost exclusively on skinks with one road killed specimen found near Splityard Creek with a recently ingested juvenile Eastern Bearded Dragon in its gut.
Local distribution: Recorded throughout suitable habitat in the Lockyer and Esk Valleys extending west throughout the Darling Downs.
Around the home: The habitat preference of this species would see it occur mainly within rural properties containing favoured localities.
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.jpg "Carpentaria-Whip Snake")
Weakly venomous