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Colubrids of NSW

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REPTILES OF NSW

COLUBRID SNAKES - Colubridae Homalopsidae Mud Snakes

PYTHONS OF NEW SOUTH WALES

ELAPID SNAKES OF NSW

SEA SNAKES OF NSW

BLIND SNAKES - Worm Snakes - Typhlopidae Ramphotyphlops NSW

TURTLES Tortoises Chelonii Testudines

DRAGON LIZARDS Agamas Agamidae

GECKOS OF NSW

LEGLESS LIZARDS Pygopodidae Pygopods

MONITOR LIZARDS Goannas Varanids Varanidae

Skinks of Australia

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NEW SOUTH WALES - COLUBRID SNAKES
Family Colubridae

Common or Green (or Golden) Tree Snake

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COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME (EXTERNAL LINK)

Distribution

Brown Tree Snake or
Night Tiger Snake

Boiga irregularis
(= Boiga fusca or fuscus)

NSW, NT, Qld, WA

Common or Green (or Golden) Tree Snake

Dendrelaphis punctulatus (was punctulata)

NSW, NT, Qld, WA

* Corn Snake
NOT NATIVE TO AUSTRALIA

Pantherophis guttatus

Southeastern United States
(Possibly feral populations in Australia)

* Australasian Keelbacks or Freshwater Snakes

Tropidonophis mairii

Australia (NSW, NT, Qld, WA)
New Guinea

Most Australian Colubrids are not venomous (totally harmless).

The Brown Tree Snake and The Wolf Snake (which does not occur in NSW) are both rear fanged and have weak venoms.

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DISTRIBUTION KEY
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CI = Christmas Island

CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island

NSW = New South Wales

NT = Northern Territory

Qld = Queensland

SA = South Australia

Tas = Tasmania

Vic = Victoria

WA = Western Australia

NI = Norfolk Island

LHI = Lord Howe Island

ACT = Australian Capital Territory
(Canberra region only - excludes Jervis Bay Territory)


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COLUBRID SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY



COLUBRIDS OF THE WORLD COLUBRID SNAKES - Colubridae Homalopsidae Mud Snakes Colubrids and Mud Snakes of Qld COLUBRID SNAKES - Colubridae Homalopsidae Mud Snakes of NT COLUBRID SNAKES - Colubridae Homalopsidae Mud Snakes of WA COLUBRID SNAKES of VICTORIA

Colubrids
of
The World

Colubrids &
Mud Snakes of Australia

Colubrids
of
NSW

Colubrids
& Mud Snakes
of Qld

Colubrids
& Mud Snakes
of NT

Colubrids
& Mud Snakes
of WA

Colubrids
of
Victoria


REPTILE SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY

Reptiles of South Australia
REPTILES OF VICTORIA
REPTILES OF NSW REPTILES OF QUEENSLAND REPTILES OF NORTHERN TERRITORY REPTILES OF Western Australia Reptiles of the ACT(Canberra)

Reptiles of South Australia

Reptiles
of
Victoria

Reptiles
of
NSW

Reptiles
of
Qld

Reptiles
of
NT

Reptiles
of
WA

Reptiles
of the
ACT

Reptiles of Tasmania




Reptiles of Lord Howe Island

Reptiles of Christmas Island

Reptiles
of Cocos Keeling Islands

Reptiles of Norfolk Island








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