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PatrickCampbell2 wrote:
26 Mar 2025
Thanks Roman. A very interesting and valuable photographic document of this rarely observed behaviour.
Very well done!
Drysdalia rhodogaster
RomanSoroka wrote:
26 Mar 2025
I think it was a territorial dispute. After wrestling for about 2 minutes they disengaged and went their separate ways.
Drysdalia rhodogaster
PatrickCampbell2 wrote:
26 Mar 2025
@RomanSoroka - Great capture! I've never seen or heard of this species combatting (or cannibalizing?) before.
Can you tell us anything about this apparent snake fight?
Drysdalia rhodogaster
HelenCross wrote:
19 Mar 2025
Wow!
Drysdalia rhodogaster
PeterR wrote:
15 Mar 2025
Probably 35 to 40cm, looked fairly typical of the others I have seen.
Drysdalia coronoides

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