Park Fights to Save Rare Snake
While broad-headed snakes look like the harmless diamond python, which is a popular pet, the snake is an endangered and venomous snake, which is part of a new display at the Nowra Wildlife Park. Less than 1000 broad-headed snakes are believed to be left in the world, and you can see two of them in a new display at the park. The venomous snake is a local species finding habitat under flat sandstone rocks on exposed cliff edges and in tree hollows. Its markings can lead to a case of potentially fatal mistaken identity with the similar-looking but harmless juvenile diamond python. The Nowra Wildlife Park owner decided to establish the endangered snake display to show residents and visitors to the area what they could lose. The thing about broad-heads is that in winter they depend on the rock pieces that crack away for shelter. The snakes in the Nowra area are heavily affected by people removing bush-rock. Park owners would like to be able to breed broad-heads in captivity, but they could never breed enough of them. Their function is to educate the people and encourage them to help the species.
