Snakes of Australia


This article lists the various snakes of Australia which live in a wide variety of habitats around the country. The Australian scrub python is Australia's largest native snake.

Victoria

North West

  • Common copperhead, Austrelaps
  • Demansia psammophis
  • Masters' snake, Drysdalia mastersii
  • Echiopsis curta
  • Tiger snake, Notechis scutatus
  • Western brown snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis
  • Eastern brown snake, Pseudonaja textilis
  • Simoselaps australis
  • Suta nigriceps
  • Suta spectabilis
  • Suta suta
  • Bandy-bandy, ''Vermicella annulata''

    South west

  • Lowland copperhead, Austrelaps superbus
  • White-lipped snake, Drysdalia coronoides
  • Tiger snake, Notechis scutatus
  • Red bellied black snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus
  • Eastern brown snake, Pseudonaja textilis
  • ''Suta flagellum''

    Central

  • Lowland copperhead, Austrelaps superbus
  • Tiger snake, Notechis scutatus
  • Red bellied black snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus
  • Eastern brown snake, Pseudonaja textilis
  • Cryptophis nigrescens
  • Suta flagellum
  • Suta nigriceps
  • Suta spectabilis
  • Suta suta
  • Bandy-bandy, ''Vermicella annulata''

    Melbourne

  • Lowland copperhead, Austrelaps superbus
  • White-lipped snake, Drysdalia coronoides
  • Tiger snake, Notechis scutatus
  • Red bellied black snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus
  • Eastern brown snake, Pseudonaja textilis
  • Cryptophis nigrescens
  • Suta flagellum
  • Suta spectabilis
  • Bandy-bandy, ''Vermicella annulata''

    Gippsland

  • Lowland copperhead, Austrelaps superbus
  • White-lipped snake, Drysdalia coronoides
  • Tiger snake, Notechis scutatus
  • Red bellied black snake, Pseudechis porphyriacus
  • Eastern brown snake, Pseudonaja textilis
  • Cryptophis nigrescens
  • Bandy-bandy, ''Vermicella annulata''

    Tasmania

  • Lowland copperhead, Austrelaps superbus
  • White-lipped snake, Drysdalia coronoides
  • Tiger snake, ''Notechis scutatus''

    Northern Territory

North

  • Black-headed python, Aspidites melanocephalus
  • Liasis childreni
  • Liasis fuscus
  • Olive python, Liasis olivaceus
  • Oenpelli python, Morelia oenpelliensis
  • Morelia spilota variegata
  • Boiga irregularis
  • Cerberus rynchops
  • Dendrelaphis punctulata
  • Pseudoferania polylepis
  • Fordonia leucobalia
  • Myron richardsonii
  • Stegonotus cucullatus
  • Keelback, Tropidonophis mairii
  • Common death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus
  • Acanthophis praelongus
  • Desert death adder, Acanthophis pyrrhus
  • Demansia vestigiata
  • Demansia olivacea
  • Demansia papuensis
  • Demansia torquata
  • Orange-naped snake, Furina ornata
  • Oxyuranus scutellatus
  • King brown snake, Pseudechis australis
  • Spotted brown snake, Pseudonaja guttata
  • Ringed brown snake, Pseudonaja modesta
  • Western brown snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis
  • Eastern brown snake, Pseudonaja textilis
  • Cryptophis pallidiceps
  • Simoselaps fasciolatus
  • Suta suta
  • Vermicella multifasciata
  • Bandy-bandy, ''Vermicella annulata''

    South

  • Bandy-bandy, Vermicella annulata
  • Suta suta
  • Suta punctata
  • Suta monachus
  • Simoselaps semifasciatus
  • Simoselaps fasciolatus
  • Simoselaps incinctus
  • Simoselaps bertholdi
  • Simoselaps anomalus
  • Eastern brown snake, Pseudonaja textilis
  • Western brown snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis
  • Ingram's brown snake, Pseudonaja ingrami
  • Ringed brown snake, Pseudonaja modesta
  • Spotted brown snake, Pseudonaja guttata
  • Inland taipan, Oxyuranus microlepidotus
  • Orange-naped snake, Furina ornata
  • Demansia psammophis
  • Demansia olivacea
  • Desert death adder, Acanthophis pyrrhus
  • Common death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus
  • Morelia spilota variegata
  • Morelia bredli
  • Liasis stimsoni
  • Olive python, Liasis olivaceus
  • Liasis childreni
  • Woma Python, Aspidites ramsayi
  • Black-headed python, ''Aspidites melanocephalus''

    Western Australia

Gascoyne

  • Desert death adder, Acanthophis pyrrhus
  • Demansia olivacea
  • Demansia psammophis
  • Orange-naped snake, Furina ornata
  • Liasis perthensis
  • Morelia spilota variegata
  • Pseudechis australis
  • Ringed brown snake, Pseudonaja modesta
  • Western brown snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis
  • Simoselaps anomalus
  • Simoselaps approximans
  • Simoselaps bertholdi
  • Simoselaps fasciolatus
  • Simoselaps littoralis
  • Simoselaps semifasciatus
  • Suta fasciata
  • ''Suta punctata''

    [Goldfields-Esperance]

  • Common death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus
  • Desert death adder, Acanthophis pyrrhus
  • Woma Python, Aspidites ramsayi
  • Demansia psammophis
  • Drysdalia coronata
  • Drysdalia mastersii
  • Echiopsis atriceps
  • Echiopsis curta
  • Orange-naped snake, Furina ornata
  • Liasis stimsoni
  • Morelia spilota variegata
  • Notechis ater
  • King brown snake, Pseudechis australis
  • Spotted mulga snake, Pseudechis butleri
  • Dugite, Pseudonaja affinis
  • Ringed brown snake, Pseudonaja modesta
  • Western brown snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis
  • Cryptophis bicolor
  • Simoselaps bertholdi
  • Simoselaps bimaculatus
  • Simoselaps fasciolatus
  • Simoselaps semifasciatus
  • Suta fasciata
  • Suta gouldii
  • Suta monachus
  • Suta nigriceps
  • Suta spectabilis
  • ''Suta suta''

    Great Southern

  • Common death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus
  • Drysdalia coronata
  • Echiopsis curta
  • Short-nosed snake, Elapognathus minor
  • Morelia spilota variegata
  • Notechis ater
  • Dugite, Pseudonaja affinis
  • Cryptophis bicolor
  • Simoselaps bertholdi
  • Simoselaps bimaculatus
  • Suta gouldii
  • ''Suta nigriceps''

    Kimberley

  • Northern death adder, Acanthophis praelongus
  • Desert death adder, Acanthophis pyrrhus
  • Woma Python, Aspidites ramsayi
  • Boiga irregularis
  • Cerberus rynchops
  • Demansia olivacea
  • Demansia papuensis
  • Demansia psammophis
  • Demansia atra
  • Common tree snake, Dendrelaphis punctulata
  • Fordonia leucobalia
  • Orange-naped snake, Furina ornata
  • Liasis childreni
  • Brown water python, Liasis fuscus
  • Olive python, Liasis olivaceus
  • Liasis stimsoni
  • Rough-scaled python, Morelia carinata
  • Morelia spilota variegata
  • Myron richardsonii
  • Oxyuranus scutellatus
  • King brown snake, Pseudechis australis
  • Ringed brown snake, Pseudonaja modesta
  • Western brown snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis
  • Cryptophis pallidiceps
  • Simoselaps anomalus
  • Simoselaps minimus
  • Simoselaps semifasciatus
  • Suta ordensis
  • Suta punctata
  • Suta suta
  • Keelback, Tropidonophis mairii
  • ''Vermicella multifasciata''

    Mid West">Mid West (Western Australia)">Mid West

  • Desert death adder, Acanthophis pyrrhus
  • Woma Python, Aspidites ramsayi
  • Demansia psammophis
  • Drysdalia coronata
  • Echiopsis curta
  • Orange-naped snake, Furina ornata
  • Liasis stimsoni
  • King brown snake, Pseudechis australis
  • Spotted mulga snake, Pseudechis butleri
  • Ringed brown snake, Pseudonaja modesta
  • Western brown snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis
  • Simoselaps bertholdi
  • Simoselaps bimaculatus
  • Simoselaps fasciolatus
  • Simoselaps littoralis
  • Simoselaps semifasciatus
  • Suta fasciata
  • Suta gouldii
  • Suta monachus
  • Bandy-bandy, ''Vermicella annulata''

    Peel

  • Common death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus
  • Demansia psammophis
  • Drysdalia coronata
  • Short-nosed snake, Elapognathus minor
  • Morelia spilota variegata
  • Notechis ater
  • King brown snake, Pseudechis australis
  • Dugite, Pseudonaja affinis
  • Pseudonaja modesta
  • Pseudonaja nuchalis
  • Simoselaps bertholdi
  • Simoselaps bimaculatus
  • Simoselaps calonotus
  • Simoselaps littoralis
  • Simoselaps semifasciatus
  • ''Suta gouldii''

    Perth

  • Acanthophis antarcticus
  • Demansia psammophis
  • Drysdalia coronata
  • Elapognathus minor
  • Morelia spilota variegata
  • Notechis ater
  • Pseudechis australis
  • Pseudonaja affinis
  • Pseudonaja modesta
  • Pseudonaja nuchalis
  • Simoselaps bertholdi
  • Simoselaps bimaculatus
  • Simoselaps calonotus
  • Simoselaps littoralis
  • Simoselaps semifasciatus
  • ''Suta gouldii''