by Janne Torkkola | Sep 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis) colour variants from Snake Out Brisbane Snake Catchers. In response to a question we received about brownsnakes and colour in reptiles, we posted a long #SnakeRant yesterday. Here it is again with a couple of photo collages to... by Janne Torkkola | Sep 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Issue 14 of iHerp Australia is out, featuring our essay on #SnakeSkulls, looking pretty feisty  This latest issue is full of awesome reptile/amphibian related content, check it out at the link below. Happy #Herpetological reading, folks!... by Janne Torkkola | Sep 12, 2018 | Brisbane Snake, News
The first day of spring gave us a beautiful big eastern brown snake, our second for the season. This lovely creature had been seen popping in and out of a hide in the rock retaining wall for a week or so prior to this catch, and we had been visiting the... by Janne Torkkola | Aug 10, 2018 | News, Snakes
With over a thousand species of reptile in Australia described since the arrival of British colonialists in 1788 one might suspect the task of collating an inventory of the country’s snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles would already be complete (1,2). Not... by Janne Torkkola | May 30, 2018 | News, Snake Catcher, Snakes
“I hate and fear snakes, because if you look into the eyes of any snake you will see that it knows all and more of the mystery of man’s fall, and that it feels all the contempt that the Devil felt when Adam was evicted from Eden.” – Rudyard Kipling, The Return Of...