Rough-scaled Snake at Copmanhurst, NSW
Identification history
| Tropidechis carinatus | 16 May 2025 | PatrickCampbell2 | ||
| Unverified | 14 Apr 2025 | MazzV |
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User's notes
This young snake was the victim of a predatory attack, with both the predator & the snake being killed. I suspect it is a Brown snake but understand that colouration and markings can be quite varied.
2 comments
PatrickCampbell2
wrote:
16 May 2025
Two very similar looking species are found in this area, one harmless (Freshwater Snake (Tropidonophis mairii) and one highly venomous species, the Rough-scaled Snake (Tropidechis carinatus). This one is the latter, as it doesn't appear to have a loreal scale, which although out of focus on the side-on head shot, can just be made out to be absent.
MazzV
wrote:
16 May 2025
Thank you so much @PatrickCampbell2 for both your consideration & verification, AND this extra information which helps me be all the more discerning. I shall now go & find out more!
Kind Regards, MazzV
Kind Regards, MazzV
Location information
- Places Copmanhurst, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- MazzV Recorded by
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MazzV NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Snakes Reptiles and Frogs
Additional information
- Unknown Gender
- Deceased Animal health
Species information
- Tropidechis carinatus Scientific name
- Rough-scaled Snake Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 23.4m to 70m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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