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COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK) |
SCIENTIFIC NAME
|
DISTRIBUTION |
Common Death Adder |
Acanthophis antarcticus |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, WA |
Kimberley Death Adder |
Acanthophis cryptamydros |
(Kimberly region) WA |
Barkly Death Adder |
Acanthophis hawkei
|
NT, Qld? (Barkly Tablelands) |
* New Guinea Smooth-scaled Death Adder |
Acanthophis laevis
|
Qld (Dauan Island, Torres Strait)
|
North-eastern Death Adder |
Acanthophis praelongus |
Qld. (NOT FOUND IN NT) |
Desert Death Adder |
Acanthophis pyrrhus |
NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Top End Death Adder Rough-scaled Death Adder or Papuan Death Adder |
Acanthophis rugosus |
NT, Qld?, New Guinea |
Pilbara Death Adder |
Acanthophis wellsei (was Acanthophis wellsi) |
WA |
Common Robust Burrowing Snake |
Antaioserpens albiceps (split from Antaioserpens warro) |
North-eastern Qld |
Southern Robust Burrowing Snake |
Antaioserpens (was Simoselaps) warro |
Charleville region Qld |
Pigmy Copperhead |
Austrelaps labialis |
SA |
Highlands Copperhead |
Austrelaps ramsayi |
NSW, ACT, Vic |
Lowlands Copperhead |
Austrelaps superbus |
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic |
North-western Shovel-nosed Snake |
Brachyurophis (was Simoselaps) approximans |
WA |
Australian Coral Snake |
Brachyurophis (was Simoselaps) australis |
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic |
Cape York Shovel-nosed Snake |
Brachyurophis campbelli
|
Cape York QLD |
South-western Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake |
Brachyurophis fasciolatus fasciatus |
WA |
Inland Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake |
Brachyurophis fasciolatus fasciolatus |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Unbanded Shovel-nosed Snake |
Brachyurophis (was Simoselaps) incinctus |
NT, Qld |
Arnhem Shovel-nosed Snake |
Brachyurophis morrisi |
NT |
Northern Shovel Nosed Snake |
Brachyurophis (was Simoselaps) roperi
|
NT, WA |
Half-girdled Snake
|
Brachyurophis semifasciatus
|
NT, SA, WA |
Cape York Shovel-nosed Snake |
Brachyurophis semifasciatus woodjonesii
|
Qld |
Northern Dwarf Crowned Snake |
Cacophis churchilli |
Qld |
White-Crowned Snake |
Cacophis harriettae |
NSW, Qld |
Dwarf Crowned Snake |
Cacophis krefftii |
NSW, Qld |
Golden Crowned Snake |
Cacophis squamulosus |
NSW, Qld |
Carpentaria or Carpentaria Whip Snake |
Cryptophis (was Rhinoplocephalus) boschmai |
Qld |
Pink Snake |
Cryptophis (was Rhinoplocephalus) incredibilis |
Qld |
Eastern Small-eyed Snake |
Cryptophis (was Rhinoplocephalus) nigrescens |
NSW, ACT, ACT, Qld, Vic |
Black-striped Snake |
Cryptophis (was Rhinoplocephalus) nigrostriatus |
Qld |
Northern (Western) Small-eyed Snake |
Cryptophis (was Rhinoplocephalus) pallidiceps |
NT, WA |
Narrow-headed Whipsnake |
Demansia angusticeps |
NT, WA |
Black-necked Whipsnake |
Demansia calodera |
WA |
Copper-tailed or Desert Whipsnake |
Demansia cyanochasma previously known as Demansia reticulata cupreiceps |
SA, NT, WA, Qld |
Carpentaria Whipsnake |
Demansia flagellatio |
North-eastern Qld |
Olive Whipsnake or
|
Demansia olivacea |
WA, NT, Qld? |
Greater Black (Papuan)Whip Snake |
Demansia papuensis |
NT, Qld, WA
|
Yellow-Faced Whipsnake |
Demansia psammophis |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic, (Excluding snakes previously known as Demansia psammophis reticulata) |
Sombre Whipsnake |
Demansia quaesitor |
WA, NT, Qld |
Reticulated (or Desert) Whipsnake |
Demansia reticulata(was Demansia reticulata reticulata)
|
Western half of WA (Distribution changed 2023) |
*Crack-dwelling Whipsnake |
Demansia rimicola |
NT, WA, Qld NSW, SA |
Rufous Whipsnake |
Demansia rufescens |
WA |
Shine's Whipsnake |
Demansia shinei |
NT, WA |
Grey Whipsnake |
Demansia simplex |
NT, WA |
Collared Whip Snake |
Demansia torquata |
Qld |
*Lesser Black Whip Snake
|
Demansia vestigiata (was Demansia atra) |
NT, Qld, WA |
* De Vis Banded Snake |
Denisonia devisi |
NSW, Qld, Vic, SA |
Ornamental Snake |
Denisonia maculata |
Qld |
White-Lipped Snake |
Drysdalia coronoides |
NSW, ACT, SA, Tas, Vic |
Masters' Snake |
Drysdalia mastersii |
SA, Vic, WA |
Mustard Bellied Snake |
Drysdalia rhodogaster |
NSW, ACT |
Bardick |
Echiopsis curta |
NSW, SA, Vic, WA |
Western Crowned Snake |
Elapognathus coronatus (was Drysdalia coronata) |
WA |
Little Brown Snake or Short-nosed Snake |
Elapognathus minor |
WA |
Yellow-naped Snake |
Furina (was Glyphodon) barnardi |
Qld |
Red-naped Snake |
Furina diadema |
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic |
Dunmall's Snake |
Furina (or Glyphodon) dunmalli |
Qld |
Orange-naped Snake |
Furina ornata |
NT, Qld, SA, WA |
Brown-headed Snake |
Furina (was Glyphodon) tristis |
Qld, Papua New Guinea |
Grey Snake |
Hemiaspis damelii |
NSW, Qld |
Marsh Snake or
|
Hemiaspis signata |
NSW, Qld |
Pale-headed Snake |
Hoplocephalus bitorquatus |
NSW, Qld |
Broad-headed Snake |
Hoplocephalus bungaroides |
NSW |
Stephens' Banded Snake |
Hoplocephalus stephensii |
NSW, Qld |
Western Black-naped Snake |
Neelaps bimaculatus (was Simoselaps bimaculata) |
SA, WA |
Western Black-striped Snake |
Neelaps (was Simoselaps) calonotus |
WA |
Krefft's Black Tiger Snake
|
Now called Notechis scutatus ater
|
SA |
Tasmanian Tiger Snake
|
Now called Notechis scutatus humphreysi
|
Tas |
Peninsula Black Tiger Snake
|
Now called Notechis scutatus niger
|
SA |
Chappell Island Tiger Snake(Status uncertain) |
Now called Notechis scutatus serventyi (was Notechis ater serventyi)
|
Tas (Offshore Islands) |
Western Tiger Snake |
Now called Notechis scutatus occidentalis |
WA |
Eastern or Mainland Tiger Snake |
Now called Notechis scutatus scutatus |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic, Tas |
Inland Taipan or Fierce Snake |
Oxyuranus microlepidotus |
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic(?) NT? |
Coastal Taipan |
Oxyuranus scutellatus scutellatus |
NSW, NT, Qld, WA |
Western Desert or Central Ranges Taipan |
Oxyuranus temporalis |
WA, NT (no records From SA but likely to occur) |
Bush's Spectacled Hooded Snake |
(invalid was Parasuta spectabilis bushi) now Suta gouldii |
Esperance region, WA (Possibly extinct)
|
Nullarbor Spectacled Hooded Snake |
(invalid was Parasuta spectabilis nullarbor) now Suta gouldii |
(Nullarbor Plain) SA, WA |
Lake Cronin Snake |
Paroplocephalus (was Echiopsis) atriceps |
WA |
King Brown or Mulga Snake |
Pseudechis australis |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
*Butler's Snake
|
Pseudechis butleri |
WA |
Collett's Snake |
Pseudechis colletti |
Qld |
Blue-bellied or Spotted Black Snake |
Pseudechis guttatus |
NSW, Qld |
Eastern Pygmy Mulga Snake (False King Brown Snake) |
Pseudechis pailsei |
Qld, NT |
Papuan Black Snake |
Pseudechis papuanus |
Qld (Saibai Island) |
Red-bellied Black Snake |
Pseudechis porphyriacus |
NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Western Pygmy Mulga Snake (False King Brown Snake) |
Pseudechis weigeli |
WA, NT |
Common Dugite |
Pseudonaja affinis affinis |
WA, SA |
Rottnest Island Dugite |
Pseudonaja affinis exilis |
(Rottnest Island) WA |
Recherche Archipelago Dugite |
Pseudonaja affinis tanneri |
(Boxer Island , Figure of Eight Island )WA |
Strap Snouted Brown Snake |
Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha |
SA, NSW, Qld, NT, Vic |
Speckled Brown Snake |
Pseudonaja guttata |
NT, Qld, SA |
Peninsula Brown Snake |
Pseudonaja inframacula |
SA |
Ingram's Brown Snake |
Pseudonaja ingrami |
NT, Qld |
*Western Brown Snake |
Pseudonaja mengdeni |
SA, WA, NT, Qld, NSW, Vic? |
Ringed Brown Snake |
Pseudonaja modesta |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA |
*Northern Brown Snake |
Pseudonaja nuchalis |
NT, Qld, WA |
Common or Eastern Brown Snake |
Pseudonaja textilis |
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA? |
Square-nosed Snake
|
Rhinoplocephalus bicolor |
WA |
Nullarbor Hooded Snake
|
Rhinoplocephalus nullarbor (INVALID - SEE Suta gouldii) |
SA, WA |
Northern Desert Banded Snake |
Simoselaps anomalus |
NT, SA, WA |
Jan's Desert Banded Snake |
Simoselaps bertholdi |
NT, SA, WA |
Coastal Burrowing Snake or West-Coast Banded Snake |
Simoselaps littoralis |
WA |
Dampierland Burrowing Snake |
Simoselaps minimus (was minima) |
WA |
*Dwyer's Snake
|
Suta (was Parasuta) dwyeri |
NSW, ACT, Qld, Vic, NSW, SA |
Rosen's Snake |
Suta (was Denisonia) fasciata |
WA |
Little Whip Snake |
Suta (was Parasuta) flagellum |
NSW, SA, Vic , ACT? |
Pilbara Hooded Snake |
Suta gaikhorstorum
|
WA (Pilbara region) |
*Gould's Hooded Snake |
Suta (was Parasuta) gouldii
|
WA, SA |
*Monk Snake or Hooded Snake |
Suta (was Parasuta) monachus
|
NT, SA, WA |
*Mitchell's Short-tailed Snake
|
Suta (was Parasuta) nigriceps |
WA, SA? |
Ord Curl Snake |
Suta (was Denisonia) ordensis |
NT(?), WA |
Little Spotted Snake |
Suta (was Rhinoplocephalus) punctata |
NT, Qld, WA |
*Common Spectacled Hooded Snake |
Suta spectabilis (was Parasuta spectabilis spectabilis) |
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic |
Myall or Curl Snake |
Suta (was Denisonia) suta |
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA |
Rough-scaled Snake |
Tropidechis carinatus |
NSW, Qld |
Bandy Bandy
or
|
Vermicella annulata |
NSW, ACT, NT, Qld, SA, Vic |
Intermediate Bandy Bandy |
Vermicella intermedia |
NT, WA (Far north of these states) |
Northern Bandy Bandy or Narrow Banded Bandy Bandy |
Vermicella multifasciata |
NT, WA (Far north of these states) |
Weipa Narrow Banded Bandy Bandy |
Vermicella parscauda |
Qld, (Weipa region, Cape York) |
Pilbara Bandy Bandy |
Vermicella snelli |
WA (Pilbara area) |
Centralian Bandy Bandy |
Vermicella vermiformis |
NT (Central Australia) |
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
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