Another Snake ID - Daintree Nat Park

[damodamod]

This one was sunning himself on a granite outcrop in a heavily rainforested area. Its not a very good photo, I was more worried about reversing out of there.
Located at -16°25'04.2"S 145°16'13.1"E

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[neilmny]

It's a bit hard to tell, but is it an Olive Python?

[FootTrack]

White lipped snake I think (Drysdalia coronoides).

[MickyB]

White lipped snake I think (Drysdalia coronoides).

It does look very similar but the location doesn't match up with it's distribution

http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Sq ... coronoides

[corvus]

Could it be this one?
Yellow-faced whip snake Demansia psammophis

[FootTrack]

White lipped snake I think (Drysdalia coronoides).

It does look very similar but the location doesn't match up with it's distribution

http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Sq ... coronoides

Haha oh yea, whoops jumped the gun a bit there. Should have read a bit more carefully. How about the Northern Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis calligastra)? Bit hard to say though without a close up of his/her head...

[nq111]

My guess would be a marsh snake (Hemiaspis signata) but no way to be certain from that photo (or many photos in general).

[jjoz58]

Don't think its a python as the head doesn't appear to be very long, but that could be the angle of the photo. Yellow-faced whip has a very distinctive pattern of large scales on the head and usually reddish tones on the back near the head. Could also be a coastal taipan as their colour runs from a brown through to an olive/brown some with black highlights. Could be a eastern brown also found there. It's a snake retreat and go around and treat them all as dangerous.

[devoswitch]

My vote goes for an eastern brown. Looks too chunky to be a yellow faced whip. Hard to tell from photo.

[jackhinde]

As nq11 has already correctly guessed it is clearly Hemiaspis signata, commonly known as a swamp snake or marsh snake. Reasonably innocous species with little to worry about from a bite. I actually bred this species in captivity earlier this year, lovely little critters.