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The tiger snake (Notechis scutatus) is a large and highly venomous snake of southern Australia, including its coastal islands and Tasmania. These snakes are often observed and locally well known by their banding, black and yellow like a tiger , although the species can be highly variable in colouration and patterning.
Adults average 60–90 cm (2.0–3.0 ft) in total length, with 17–21 rows of dorsal scales. The tiger snake is one of the more colorful species of snake in the family Colubridae. The upper side is pale orange to salmon pink in color with 24–48 black or dark-brown cross bars or blotches along the back and tail; the underside is pale yellow ...
Telescopus rhinopoma (Blanford, 1874) - Indian desert tiger snake; Telescopus semiannulatus A. Smith, 1849 - common tiger snake, tiger cat snake, western tiger snake, eastern tiger snake; Telescopus tessellatus (Wall, 1908) – Soosan tiger snake; Telescopus tripolitanus (F. Werner, 1908) Telescopus variegatus (J.T. Reinhardt, 1843) - variable ...
A creature was stirring on Christmas night for one Australian family: a venomous tiger snake. In a video posted to Facebook by The Snake Hunter — which describes itself as a 24/7 emergency snake ...
Police in Australia said a woman was forced to fend off a deadly tiger snake in her vehicle while driving 50 miles per hour on a freeway outside Melbourne.
The tiger rattlesnake (Crotalus tigris) is a highly venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. [1] [3] No subspecies are currently recognized. [3] The specific name tigris, (Latin for 'tiger'), refers to the many narrow dorsal crossbands, which create a pattern of vertical stripes when viewed ...
A photo shows the tiger snake lurking in the lot’s long grass. The photo was shared on Facebook on Jan. 18 by Hodgson’s company, Hodgsons Snakes Rescue and Removal, for a “game of spot the ...
The snake returns in the Book of Exodus when Moses turns his staff into a snake as a sign of God's power, and later when he makes the Nehushtan, a bronze snake on a pole that when looked at cured the people of bites from the snakes that plagued them in the desert.