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Photo Shows Super-Rare Blue Snake Found Slithering on Family s Veranda
On 2/25/21 at 8:10 AM EST
An Australian man has shared a photo of a super-rare blue snake that he captured.
Luke Huntley, who runs a snake-catching business in the Noosa coastal area of Queensland, encountered the colorful reptile on Tuesday. A family called Huntley to their home in the small beach town of Peregian after they found the blue phase common tree snake on their veranda, and asked him to remove it.
Also known as
dendrelaphis punctulata, common tree snakes can grow up to 6.5 ft long. They are most often yellow-ish green, brownish-green or black. Blue snakes are unusual, according to the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.