Identifying serpent species based on skin shedding's

Recently we received a phone call from a member of our community who had plant a snake skin in their spare bedroom. Concerned that they couldn't notice the ophidian'south whereabouts, nosotros got them to bring in the peel so nosotros could identify information technology earlier deciding on the adjacent class of activity.

The easiest method of identify a ophidian species based on its pare alone is past counting scales. Firstly, have a wait at how long the snake is and work out roughly where the eye of its body would be. From here we can simply count the scales around the skin. Its ever a skillful idea to mark each calibration as you go around, marking each scale with a dot to assistance keep track of where you are upward to.

The client was concerned due to the colouring of the pare that it could be an Eastern Brown snakes Pseudonaja Textilis still nosotros know that the Eastern Brown has 17 mid body calibration rows. Already just by looking equally the skin we can tell that there is more than 17 so we tin can safety dominion out it belonging to a brown.

This particular skin, we tin distinguish its species based on 2 features. Firstly, looking at the amount of scale rows, we tin tell that this belongs to a type of python. Here in Roma, Queensland nosotros don't have also many different types of pythons which helps in narrowing in downwardly further. Secondly, based on the diamond patterning on the skin we tin can say with great certainty that this pare belonged to a Carpet Python Morelia Spilota.

Thankfully the snake was somewhen found and condom relocated, nevertheless just knowing that information technology was a non-venomous species put the customer at ease. If you find a snake at your house, call usa on 07 4622 2646, as Boobook does offer a snake catching service (fees apply) .