Saturday, January 19, 2013

A Summer Visitor: Golden Crowned Snake

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A found this cute Golden Crowned Snake (Cacophis squamulosus) in the pool 
skimmer box this morning. I assume it tried to find relief in the pool yesterday 
during our recorded hottest ever day in Sydney, and was flushed there. The 
pool pump is not operating at night, which is this snake's usual time of activity, 
so I don't think it got there then. Unfortunately it was dead this morning, when 
A was clearing the box. I've been really keen to photograph live snakes for a 
long time, but haven't come across any for a long time, at least when I've had 
my camera along.
























































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