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EASTERN BROWN SNAKE FACTS |
Description
The Eastern Brown Snake is a dangerous venomous snake. It has a slender body and is variable in colour ranging from tan to grey or dark brown. The belly is cream, yellow or pale orange with darker orange spots.
Size
grows to about 1.5m long, although has been known to exceed 2m
Habitat
lives in range of habitats from arid scrubland, grasslands to wet eucalypt forest.
Food
small mammals and reptiles
Breeding
lays 10-35 eggs.
Range
The Eastern Brown Snake is found throughout most of the drier parts of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Notes
The eastern brown snake is the species responsible for most deaths caused by snakebite in Australia. It is aggressive and strikes if provoked, but will pass quietly if left alone. The bite is highly neurotoxic. The Eastern Brown is found in heavily populated areas including outer suburbs of cities, so is often encountered to people.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Serpentes) | | Family: | Elapidae | | Genus: | Pseudonaja | | Species: | textilis | | Common Name: | Eastern Brown Snake |
Relatives in same Genus
Dugite (P. affinis)
Western Brown snake (P. nuchalis)
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