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PENINSULA BROWN SNAKE
Pseudonaja inframacula
Dangerously Venomous
This Peninsula Brown Snake (Pseudonaja inframacula) was found dead on the road near Marion Bay, York Peninsula, South Australia
This Peninsula Brown Snake (Pseudonaja inframacula) was found dead on the road near Marion Bay, York Peninsula, South Australia.
I found 4 more dead roadkilled Peninsular browns in the same region and they all had some black speckled scales on their body and their bellies were almost black (unlike Eastern Brown Snakes)


Approximate distribution of the Peninsula Brown Snake (Pseudonaja inframacula)


Peninsula Brown Snake (Pseudonaja inframacula) - Marion Bay, York Peninsula, South Australia HEAD
Peninsula Brown Snake (Pseudonaja inframacula) - Marion Bay, York Peninsula, South Australia



Road-killed Peninsula Brown Snake (Pseudonaja inframacula) - Marion Bay, York Peninsula, South Australia


Road-killed Peninsula Brown Snake (Pseudonaja inframacula) - at Sleaford, near Port Lincoln Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, South Australia

Road-killed Peninsula Brown Snake (Pseudonaja inframacula) - at Sleaford, near Port Lincoln Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
Road-killed Peninsula Brown Snake (Pseudonaja inframacula) - at Sleaford, near Port Lincoln Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
Note that the anal scale is divided and almost all of the subcaudals are divided (2 are single)


Peninsula Brown Snake (Pseudonaja inframacula) - Marion Bay, York Peninsula, South Australia
Peninsula Brown Snake (Pseudonaja inframacula) - Marion Bay, York Peninsula, South Australia
Note that the anal scale is divided and most of the subcaudals are divided (several are single)

Click here to see photos of Peninsula Brown Snakes (Pseudonaja inframacula) at flickr

Click here to see photos of Peninsula Brown Snakes (Pseudonaja inframacula) at Flickr

Venomous snakes do not always inject venom when biting, those bites are called dry bites, however due to the extremely high toxicity of the venom of this species, it is vital that first aid is performed immediately (constrictive bandage etc.) and the patient is taken as fast as possible to hospital. Lack of symptoms may not mean that the victim has not been envenomated.

Correct and immediate first aid and treatment for this species and other dangerous snakes increases the chance of survival.

Although people are commonly bitten by dangerous snakes in Australia, the actual number of deaths is actually very low, due to antivenines and medical procedures.


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