Bandy-bandy snake

Bandy Bandy

A new species for Raakajlim is the uber-cool Bandy Bandy (endangered in Victoria). This snake is super secretive. It spends most of its time underground and it's also nocturnal, so it took the amazing Daniel and Claire from Current Line Productions to spot one. The Bandy Bandy only eats Blind Snakes, making it pretty strange. And the Blind Snakes are a bit odd too. They're also nocturnal but they eat termites and ant eggs.

And although I'd like to claim this one as another awesome Mallee specialist, the Eastern Bandy Bandy (𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢) is widely distributed from desert to rainforests, all the way from here to Cape York!

Photo credits: Current Line Productions