Pseudonaja affinis - Dugite (Kings Park Botanic Gardens, Perth, Western Australia)

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Family : Elapidae

Pseudonaja affinis - Dugite a shy but highly venomous member of the brown snake family with variable brown colour and black speckled markings. There are a couple of subspecies which apparently live on offshore islands.It reportedly grows to around the size of this one -1.8 to 2.00 metres.

www.ozanimals.com/Reptile/Dugite/Pseudonaja/affinis.html

www.inchem.org/documents/pims/animal/pseunaja.htm#Section...

I had just entered the precinct of Kings Park Botanic Gardens Perth via the Gum Tree lined Fraser Avenue and was photographing some wildflowers near a new War Memorial lookout. Looking down I was startled to see a very large fully grown snake crawling directly across my path, seeking refuge under a low shrub.
I assumed he would stay there so retreated hastily from the garden to the main path waiting a moment to decide if it would be safe to proceed past the bush and along the path. Luckily I hesitated before proceeding because as just as I was about to step forward he made his dash for the cover of bushes on the other side of the path. Fortunately he was intent on escape not attack. .

I also encountered another snake at the Albany Whaling Station - It was a Western Crowned Snake

The Nature of Venom - Video

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Taken in: Australia / Western Australia / Perth / Perth Central (show map)

Taken on: October 15, 2009

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