Common Brown Snake
Pseudonaja textilis
Family Elapidae
About
The eastern brown snake, often referred to as the common brown snake, is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to eastern and central Australia and southern New Guinea. It was first described by André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron, and Auguste Duméril in 1854. The adult eastern brown snake has a slender build and can grow to 2 m (7 ft) in length. The colour of its surface ranges from pale brown to black, while its underside is pale cream-yellow, often with orange or grey splotches. The eastern brown snake is found in most habitats except dense forests, often in farmland and on the outskirts of urban areas, as such places are populated by its main prey, the house mouse. The species is oviparous. The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the snake as a least-concern species, though its status in New Guinea is unclear.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve (Atlas of Living Australia, 2022) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve — Canberra & Namadgi National Park hikes