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ORNAMENTAL SNAKE FACTS |
Description
The Ornamental Snake is a brown or grey-brown snake patterned with lighter and darker spots or flecks. The top of the head is darker with flecked pattern. The lips are barred. The underside is white or cream.
Size
50cm
Habitat
They tend to be found in areas of deeply cracking, alluvial soils.
Food
primarily frog eaters
Range
found in the Bowen Basin of north east Queensland
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Serpentes) | | Family: | Elapidae | | Genus: | Denisonia | | Species: | maculata | | Common Name: | Ornamental Snake |
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