COMMON NAME (INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME
(EXTERNAL LINK)

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)
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Seram, Tanimbar)

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
(split from Brachyurophis semifasciatus)

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
(split from Brachyurophis semifasciatus)

NT, WA

Half-girdled Snake
or Southern shovel-nosed snake

Brachyurophis semifasciatus
(was Simoselaps semifasciata)

NT, SA, WA

Cape York Shovel-nosed Snake

Brachyurophis semifasciatus woodjonesii
(split from Brachyurophis semifasciatus) now known as Brachyurophis campbelli

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
Marble-headed Whipsnake

Demansia olivacea

WA, NT, Qld?

Greater Black (Papuan)Whip Snake

Demansia papuensis

NT, Qld, WA
(not found in New Guinea)

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
or 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
Black-bellied Swamp Snake

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
(Status uncertain)

Now called Notechis scutatus ater
(was Notechis ater ater)
(Status uncertain)

SA

Tasmanian Tiger Snake
(Status uncertain)

Now called Notechis scutatus humphreysi
(was Notechis ater humphreysi) (Status uncertain)

Tas

Peninsula Black Tiger Snake
(Status uncertain)

Now called Notechis scutatus niger
(was Notechis ater niger) (Status uncertain)

SA

Chappell Island Tiger Snake

(Status uncertain)

Now called Notechis scutatus serventyi (was Notechis ater serventyi)
(Status uncertain)

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
or Spotted Mulga 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
or Muller's Snake

Rhinoplocephalus bicolor

WA

Nullarbor Hooded Snake
(INVALID - SEE Gould's 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
(Status uncertain)

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
(split from Suta [was Parasuta] monachus)

WA (Pilbara region)

*Gould's Hooded Snake

Suta (was Parasuta) gouldii
(Now also includes snakes previously known as Parasuta spectabilis nullarbor and
Parasuta spectabilis bushi)

WA, SA

*Monk Snake or Hooded Snake

Suta (was Parasuta) monachus
See also Suta gaikhorstorum

NT, SA, WA

*Mitchell's Short-tailed Snake
or Mallee Black-backed Snake (Status uncertain)

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
Eastern Bandy Bandy

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)

Elapids
of South
Australia

Elapids
of
NSW

Elapids
of
Qld

Elapids
of
NT

Elapids
of
WA

Elapids
of
Victoria

Elapids
of
ACT

Elapids
of
Tasmania