Tag Archives: Desert Death Adder

A King Brown Pseudechis australis in the backyard

December 31, 2008 – 11:08 am

Eater-of-all-the-budgerigars is another name for the King Brown, he climbs up to get at them in a bloodwood tree, for example, or in a ghost gum, in a hollow. He puts his mouth into the hollow and then eats up all the little budgerigars.

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Snake of the Week – Desert Death Adder Acanthophis pyrrhus

December 8, 2008 – 8:24 am

We saw this beautiful snake earlier this year in a creekbed in the borefield 15 or so kilometres west of town. Last Sunday afternoon one of its relatives killed one of our favourite little dogs, Boot-boots.

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