WELCOME TO THE HOMEPAGE OF BRIAN BUSH
Click here to get your free copy of the following booklets - "Snakes and Snake-like Reptiles of the WA Pilbara & Goldfields." or, "Snakes and Snake-like Reptiles of the WA Kimberley." or, "Snakes and Snake-like Reptiles of Southern Western Australia." - Important resources for regional workers, residents and medical professionals living in, or visiting these areas.
I have been around reptiles all my life. One thing became obvious at a very early age: there is more myth associated with Australia's 214 plus species (Oz Checklist) of snake than any other faunal group! The most widespread and ridiculous of these concerns Auselapid venom toxicities. No doubt, this is a result of our European ancestry. There are 144 described species (86 in WA) and several known but undescribed taxa of fixed front-fanged venomous snakes (elapids/hydrophids) here, yet our deadliest venomous animal, considering human fatalities, is the exotic honeybee. Check my link to Australian Venomous Snakes to learn more!
Much of the information available here is orientated towards Australian and particularly Western Australian herpetology.
This footage is kindly provided by National Geographic Television.
This great photo of BB and BJ kindly provided by Des Vlietstra, Elasto Plastic Concrete Pty Ltd
NOTE: Telephone numbers included may change without notice. Snakebusters are volunteers and not employed by the WA government, so may not always be available.
Keep your eyes open for the lateral-thinking book,
Sorry, but this book is out of print.
WASAH WINS & KEEPING HERPTILES BECOMES LEGAL IN 2003!
THE BUSHMAN SONG by Slim Whitman & Chuckabillies
BUSHO has a RUSSELL COIGHT MOMENT!
CANE TOAD: A POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE
STUCK IN THE PILBARA - YOU BEAUTY!
PET REPTILES ALLOWED IN WA SINCE 2003.
Pencil-sized, black-headed diurnal snakes
In search of McKenzie's Chenopod Dragon
Snakes and Snake-like Reptiles of the WA Pilbara & Goldfields
Snakes and Snake-like Reptiles of the WA Kimberley
Snakes and Snake-like Reptiles of Southern Western Australia
Myth: "kingbrowns" and brownsnakes
Goannas - Oz's largest lizards
Where did Carnac Island snakes come from?
A Radical Conservation Plan for the Western Swamp Turtle & a Response by Dr Gerald Kuchling
Deaths in Western Australia involving snakes
Educational & Project Material
An ongoing study of polymorphism
A Report to CALM on Pest Snake Removal by Snakebusters
Inclusion Body Disease in Western Australia
"Snakes are more reliable than dogs!"
About the inaugral WASAH president.
A new Pilbara goanna named after Brian Bush!
Atomic Worm Lizard on the Montebellos rediscovered!
A new Taipan for Western Australia!
Brian Bush, Snakes Harmful & Harmless, 9 Birch Place, Stoneville, WA 6081, Australia.
Phone National: 08 9295 3007; International: +61 08 9295 3007
E-mail bush@iinet.net.au