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22-NOV-2010

Yellow-faced Whip Snake Skin

We have on occasions seen a Yellow-faced Whip Snake in the garden at home. They grow to 1 meter and mainly eat lizards, this skin is 90cm long. Although they are classified as venomous I dont think they are too bad. Sandra found this skin this morning in the garden. (Snakes slough their skin at regular intervals) I think this is a YfWS but Eastern Brown snakes have been seen in the area recently and they are completly different, with a toxicity 12 times more deadly than that of the Indian Cobra. But as I say I thinkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk it isn't. You can plainly see the mouth and eye scales in the image.

Olympus E-520
1/25s f/3.7 at 35.0mm iso400 full exif

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Kay24-Nov-2010 07:21
Great find, Lyle. Beautiful detail.
David Hobbs22-Nov-2010 09:28
Makes my skin creep whatever the toxicity. Nice shot and well lit. V
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