PHOTO: This bright copper-coloured young snake has been identified as a mulga or king brown snake.
These two critters were found on local farms recently, with the discoverers curious about their identities.
While the bright orangey-copper coloured snake on the right was escorted to Castlereagh Street so we at the Coonamble Times could view it.
The National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) in Coonabarabran and our own local snake-wrangler Mark (Mooch) Ewers have confirmed that it is just one colour variation of the Mulga Snake (Pseudechis . . .
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