12-Aug-2021 Theme: 'Snek'

(1) Acrochordus arafurae is a large, loose-skinned, fish-eating snake found in northern Australia and New Guinea. It has numerous indigenous names. What is its common English name?

Answer: File snake (aka Elephant Trunk Snake / Arafura file snake / Wrinkle file snake).

(2) True or false: Eastern brown snakes (Pseudonaja textilis) can’t climb trees?

Answer: False.

(3) Why did Vermicella parscauda, a bandy bandy snake from Cape York Peninsula, make headlines in July 2018?

Answer: It was announced as a newly discovered species.

(4) Which genus of snakes has the most known Australian species? (a) Pseudonaja (brown snakes) (b) Aspidites (pythons) (c) Anilios (blind burrowing snakes) (d) Demansia (whip snakes).

Answer: (c) Anilios (blind burrowing snakes).

(5) According to Steele Rudd, who lived at Snake Gully?

Answer: Dad and Dave.

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