Venomous Land- and Sea Snakes - Family: Elapidae
Photo by Nick Lambert.
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Subfamily: Hydrophiinae
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Common Death Adder - Acanthophis antarcticus
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Reef Shallows Sea Snake - Aipysurus duboisii
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Highlands Copperhead - Austrelaps ramsayi
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Australian Coral Snake - Brachyurophis australis
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White-crowned Snake - Cacophis harriettae
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Dwarf Crowned Snake - Cacophis krefftii
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L 295 - N.Lambert
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Golden Crowned Snake - Cacophis squamulosus
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Small-eyed Snake - Cryptophis nigrescens
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L 296 - N.Lambert
U 019 - S.Clark
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U 017 - S.Clark
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Yellow-faced Whipsnake - Demansia psammophis
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White-lipped Snake - Drysdalia corocoides
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Red-naped Snake - Furina diadema
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Grey Snake - Hemiaspis damelii
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Black-bellied Swamp Snake - Hemiaspis signata
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L 294 - N.Lambert
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Pale-headed Snake - Hoplocephalans bitorquatus
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Stephen's Banded Snake - Hoplocephalans stephensii
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Bar-bellied Sea Snake - Hydrophis elegans
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King's Sea Snake - Hydrophis kingii
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Olive-headed Sea Snake - Hydrophis major
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Peron's Sea Snake - Hydrophis peronii
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Yellow-bellied Sea Snake - Hydrophis platurus
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L 310 - N.Lambert
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Stoke's Sea Snake - Hydrophis stokesii
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Tiger Snake - Notechis scutatus
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Coastal Taipan - Oxyuranus scutellatus
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Blue-bellied Black Snake - Pseudechis guttatus
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U 003 - S.Clark
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Red-bellied Black Snake - Pseudechis porphyriacus
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Eastern Brown Snake - Pseudonaja textilis
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U 034 - S.Clark
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Rough-scaled Snake - Tropidechis carinatus
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L 325 - N.Lambert
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Bandy Bandy - Vermicella annulata
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U 002 - S.Clark
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Subfamily: Laticaudinae
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Banded Sea Krait - Laticauda colubrina
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L 373 - N.Lambert
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Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Reptilia (Reptiles)
> Order: Squamata (Turtles and Tortoises)
> Suborder: Serpentes (Snakes)
> Family: Elapidae (Venomous Land- and Sea Snakes)
> Subfamily: Hydrophiinae
> Genus: Acanthophis
> Species: A. antarcticus - Common Death Adder
> Genus: Aipysurus
> Species: A. duboisii - Reef Shallows Sea Snake (#)
> Genus: Austrelaps
> Species: A. ramsayi - Highlands Copperhead
> Genus: Brachyurophis
> Species: B. australis - Australian Coral Snake
> Genus: Cacophis
> Species: C. harriettae - White-crowned Snake
> Species: C. krefftii - Dwarf-crowned Snake
> Species: C. squamulosus - Golden-crowned Snake
> Genus: Cryptophis
> Species: C. nigrescens - Small-eyed Snake
> Genus: Demansia
> Species: D. psammophis - Yellow-faced Whipsnake
> Genus: Drysdalia
> Species: D. corocoides - White-lipped Snake
> Genus: Furina
> Species: F. diadema - Red-naped Snake
> Genus: Hemiaspis
> Species: H. damelii - Grey Snake
> Species: H. signata - Black-bellied Swamp Snake
> Genus: Holocephalans
> Species: H. bitorquatus - Pale-headed Snake
> Species: H. stephensii - Stephen's Banded Snake
> Genus: Hydrophis
> Species: H. elegans - Bar-bellied Sea Snake
> Species: H. kingii - King's Sea Snake (#)
> Species: H. major - Olive-headed Sea Snake
> Species: H. peronii - Peron's Sea Snake (#)
> Species: H. platurus - Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
> Species: H. stokesii - Stoke's Sea Snake
> Genus: Notechis
> Species: N. scutatus - Tiger Snake
> Genus: Oxyuranus
> Species: O. scutellatus - Coastal Taipan
> Genus: Pseudechis
> Species: P. guttatus - Blue-bellied Black Snake
> Species: P. porphyriacus - Red-bellied Black Snake
> Genus: Pseudonaja
> Species: P. textilis - Eastern Brown Snake
> Genus: Suta
> Species: Suta sp. (*)
> Genus: Tropidechis
> Species: T. carinatus - Rough-scaled Snake
> Genus: Vermicella
> Species: V. annulata - Bandy Bandy
> Subfamily: Laticaudinae
> Genus: Laticauda
> Species: L. colubrina - Banded Sea Krait
(#) Possible occurrence.
(*) There have been sightings of an unidentified species in the Genus: Suta in the Armidale area.
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Photographic Contributions:
Clark, Sandra. U 001 - U 002 - U 003 - U 017 - U 018 - U 019 - U 020 - U 034 - U 035 - U 036.
Lambert, Nick. L 290 - L 294 - L 296 - L 308 - L 309 - L 310 - L 323 - L 324 - L 325 - L 373 - L 374 - L 375.
Clark, Sandra. U 001 - U 002 - U 003 - U 017 - U 018 - U 019 - U 020 - U 034 - U 035 - U 036.
Lambert, Nick. L 290 - L 294 - L 296 - L 308 - L 309 - L 310 - L 323 - L 324 - L 325 - L 373 - L 374 - L 375.