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July 18, 2011 by Cate

Strange sea creature

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Dark-shouldered snake eel

When we first got here and walked at low tide we spotted one of these strange creatures, when I asked around no one had seen anything like it, a sea snake with a frilled neck sounded pretty unlikely. Nothing came up on google and I had no picture to post on the forums.

We just spotted another and got a photo, I put it up on a snake and python forum and some brilliant mind has identified it for us! Apparently it is known in these northern waters and many countries across the tropics seeĀ fishbase.

Dark-shouldered snake eel - closeup on head

Dark-shouldered snake eel

 

 

Filed Under: Fishing Cape York, Portland Roads, Snakes Cape York, Wildlife of Cape York

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