Eastern brown snake

Eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis). I think he's a tad angry.

Eastern brown snakes are responsible for the most snake-related fatalities in Australia. Their nervous (but not aggressive) disposition, highly toxic venom (second only to the infamous inland taipan) and propensity for living around densely populated areas (attracted to the rodents that tend to hang out with us humans) make them a very interesting snake to photograph.

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Evan Pickett says:

Wow, incredible shot! Great work.

Evan
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

teejaybee says:

Fantastic shot. From the colourings, it looks like what went between my legs when I was clearing a gully the other day. Do the babies have less prominent barring? It had that colouration underneath (probably shouldn't be picking these things up ;)
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Stewart Macdonald says:

Eastern brown snakes are really variable in colour. Some of them have no banding on the back, some of them are banded as babies, some of them are banded as adults. They generally all have the pink/red speckling underneath. Eastern browns are pretty common on the Gold Coast (I think that's where you are?).

Stewart
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

DeanBradshaw.com.au says:

awesome pose!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

kristobal_gb says:

beautiful snake.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

josetomas_gb says:

wooooo la capturaste justo en el mumonto.buena foto me encanto
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Stewart Macdonald says:

Hola Jose! Gracias por el comento positivo. No he estado en Chile, pero tengo planes para ir de pronto.

Stewart & Alecia
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Adam Maund Gallery says:

Great shot Stewart, shows the animal really well as usual.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Stewart Macdonald says:

Thanks Adam!

Stewart
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

matildashelia says:

Congrats on a great shot!! Ewww that is one nasty looking snake!!!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Flickr Flackr says:

Beautiful capture. Very well done. Love the snakes pose !!

Glade you took this shot Stewart.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

adamisalive says:

awesome capture and what makes it more incredible is 105mm
gr8 composition too
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Brenda-Starr says:

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Brenda-Starr says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called
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and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

HGHjim says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Herpetology / Everything REPTILE & AMPHIBIAN, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

digitalreflections says:

Nice Image!

Please join our group worldofsnakes and add your image.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

Tobias N. Hayashi says:

Excellent shot, wouldnt want to get in his way!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

Captain Suresh says:

Wonderful image, well composed !

Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

gavinlruss says:

Dang hard to believe this is the second deadliest snake in the world
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

lcriding says:

How far away were you when this was taken?
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Stewart Macdonald says:

Maybe a metre or two. I don't really remember.

Stewart
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

Brother Rami says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Animals of the Qur'an, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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