Yellow Faced Whip Snake

I am posting a bit early today because I am out this afternoon.

As I was taking a photo of the One Mile Lifesaving building, I spotted this yellow faced whip snake. It was really travelling along and measures about 1 metre long.

Don't know if it is dangerous or not but it wasn't too bothered that I was taking a video of it. This is a screen grab of the video.

[Corinne C]

A great shot! It's venomous but not dangerous...

[Walks @ 7]

Nicely captured. Wish I was more comfortable around snakes.

[Kathy]

Good look at its long body. Google says while not dangerous, bite to a human can be very painful.

[Rick]

Does look pretty long. Hope you didn't have to get too close for the shot.

[Babs]

@rickster549 I was pretty close. You can see the low wall in yesterday's photo and the path through to bushland behind the lifesaving building is quite narrow. Luckily the snake wasn't interested in me he just wanted to stroll off into the bushland as he wiggled his way along.

[Shutterbug]

It’s length makes it kind of intimidating…to me anyway.

[eDorre]

Good eye! Glad he was off on his snaky business

[Valerie Chesney]

A super capture Babs.. Pleased he was going on his merry way!

[Kathy A]

I would have been off out of there in a hurry

[Diana]

Yikes, this is where I would run 1 mile!

[Nigel Rogers]

well spotted

[Casablanca]

He is a lovely length, isn't he? I don't mind snakes. Can't stand arachnids! I love all the loopy bends in this fella. Always reminds of that Jungle Book scene where Kaa is having his coils pulled by Shere Khan the tiger.

[Wylie]

Wylie 2, the in-house herpetologist says your identification is correct, and that while venomous, not dangerous!

[Susan Wakely]

It looks as if it’s on a mission so not too bothered by an unsuspecting photographers.

[Dione Giorgio]

Lovely capture. I wouldn't have got too close to it even if I knew it wasn't dangerous. It does seem to be in a hurry.

[Babs]

@pusspup good to hear the identification was correct, as it got to the end of the wall it went off like a bat out of hell into the bush.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Yikes.

[Kate]

Nice capture of the full length

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Beryl Lloyd]

Well spotted - so glad he was not interested in you !!

[Ingrid]

Yikes!

[Margaret Brown]

Well spotted, not something you see a lot of here. We do have adders but the last time I saw one was 40 year ago!!

[Jacqueline]

Wow, that’s quite a length

[Judith Johnson]

Fascinating to see - so well captured

[haskar]

Nice find and great shot.

[Helen Jane]

I'd be a little bit nervous but still fascinated to see this.

[Call me Joe]

Eeeeeeek🫣🥰

[Pat Knowles]

Ooh my, do you see many snakes Babs? I think I would jump out if my skin if I saw a loose snake like that! Not a snake I have heard of!

[gloria jones]

Yikes!

[Pyrrhula]

Great find and capture. If they lived in my neighbourhood I would like to know all about them so you know they are dangerous or not to humans.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Not my cup of tea at all! I'm not sure I'd even take the picture- but I know you are much braver than I!!

[Islandgirl]

Oh my I would run the other way if I saw this!

[Faye Turner]

Nicely captured

[Babs]

@corinnec @joysabin @randystreat @shutterbug49 @edorreandresen @happysnaps @kjarn @ludwigsdiana @nigelrogers @casablanca @wakelys @sangwann @mittens @k9photo @bkbinthecity @beryl @ingrid01 @craftymeg @jacqbb @busylady @haskar @helenhall @joemuli @seattlite @pyrrhula @olivetreeann @radiogirl @fayefaye Thanks. Luckily I don't mind snakes or spiders which is a good thing really because we have plenty of them here in Australia.

@happypat We do see quite a few snakes, but this is the first time I have seen a whip snake. Usually, we see plenty of diamond pythons which aren't venomous or red bellied black snakes, they are venomous but tend to be rather docile. Most snakes will keep out of your way if you don't bother them.

[MONTSERRAT]

Bien repérer, je horreur des serpent 🐍