{"id":13049,"date":"2012-06-09T09:55:37","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T22:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=13049"},"modified":"2012-06-09T09:55:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T22:55:37","slug":"snakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=13049","title":{"rendered":"Snakes in Kalorama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We were wondering what snakes live in our area. We back onto the Doongalla Forest, a part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dandenong_Ranges_National_Park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dandenong Ranges National Park<\/a> and there is some paranoia about such things. I found a web site (<a href=\"http:\/\/museumvictoria.com.au\/bioinformatics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bioinformatics<\/a>)\u00a0that splits Melbourne up into grid squares so we can look for the snakes that naturally live locally. Here is the list. I guess it is unfortunate, but we seem to have come up trumps when it comes to very\u00a0poisonous\u00a0snakes,<\/p>\n<table width=\"600\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><strong>Snake Species Biodiversity Checklist<\/strong><\/span><\/span>Victorian Snake Species Biodiversity Checklist for the area(s) chosen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"600\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table width=\"600\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#99cccc\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">Family<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#99cccc\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">Scientific Name<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#99cccc\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">Common Name(s)<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#99cccc\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">Thumbnail<\/span><\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#99cccc\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><span style=\"color: blue\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">Elapidae<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Austrelaps_superbus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austrelaps\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">superbus<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">&#8220;Common Copperhead&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.museum.vic.gov.au\/bioinformatics\/snake\/images\/comsupelive.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museum.vic.gov.au\/bioinformatics\/snake\/images\/tmsupelive.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><strong><em>Cryptophis\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">nigrescens<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/museumvictoria.com.au\/discoverycentre\/infosheets\/snakes-found-in-victoria\/small-eyed-snake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Small-eyed Snake&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.museum.vic.gov.au\/bioinformatics\/snake\/images\/comnigrslive.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museum.vic.gov.au\/bioinformatics\/snake\/images\/tmnigrslive.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Drysdalia_coronoides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drysdalia\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">coronoides<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">&#8220;White-lipped Snake&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.museum.vic.gov.au\/bioinformatics\/snake\/images\/comcorolive.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museum.vic.gov.au\/bioinformatics\/snake\/images\/tmcorolive.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Notechis_scutatus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Notechis\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">scutatus<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">&#8220;Tiger Snake&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.museum.vic.gov.au\/bioinformatics\/snake\/images\/comscutlive.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museum.vic.gov.au\/bioinformatics\/snake\/images\/tmscutlive.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\"><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pseudonaja_textilis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pseudonaja\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">textilis<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif\">&#8220;Common Brown Snake&#8221;<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.museum.vic.gov.au\/bioinformatics\/snake\/images\/comtextlive.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museum.vic.gov.au\/bioinformatics\/snake\/images\/tmtextlive.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were wondering what snakes live in our area. 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