Hemiaspis signata
1 Swamp Snake at Armidale, NSW
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| Hemiaspis signata | BrianLR | 30 Mar 2025 | |
| Hemiaspis signata | JimL | 30 Mar 2025 | |
| Unverified | Maurice | 30 Mar 2025 |
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Small snake (forked tongue) about 15-20 cm long. Mostly brown, two white stripes on on each side of face and neck. Head slightly wider than body.
2 comments
30 Mar 2025
I do not profess to being an expert or anything close, but the two white stripes are fairly distinctive for a Swamp Snake - newfound wisdom from my first sighting of such a species in December 2024!
Hope this helps...
Hope this helps...
Location information
- Coordinates 151.643454-30.521752
- Places Armidale, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 30 Mar 2025 02:20 PM Recorded on
- Maurice Recorded by
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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Species information
- Hemiaspis signata Scientific name
- Swamp Snake Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 464m Recorded at altitude
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