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Dendrelaphis punctulatus, also known commonly as the Australian tree snake, the common tree snake, and the green tree snake, is a species of slender, large-eyed, diurnal, non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to many parts of Australia, especially in the northern and eastern coastal areas, and to Papua New Guinea ...
The Australian scrub python is Australia's largest native snake. Victoria. North West Common ... Red-bellied black snake in Kowmung River, New South Wales.
The colour of the yellow-faced whip snake varies, ranging from olive green, to grey and brown; however, a common characteristic in colour is a "red flush along the anterior third of its back". [6] To accurately identify this species, there must be a clear view of the head, and the dorsal scales at the snake's mid-body must be counted.
Dendrelaphis calligaster, also called green tree snake, northern green tree-snake, and northern tree snake, is a colubrid snake native to New Guinea, Australia, [1] [2] and Solomon Islands. [2] It is a slender, large-eyed, non-venomous, diurnal snake, which grows up to 1.2 m in length and is greenish, brown, or greyish above with a cream or ...
The green tree python (Morelia viridis), is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is native to New Guinea, some islands in Indonesia, and the Cape York Peninsula in Australia. First described by Hermann Schlegel in 1872, it was known for many years as Chondropython viridis.
There is no snake officially known as the "Yellow-bellied black snake". However, the term is used for several Australian snakes: Green tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata) Eastern tiger snake; Red-bellied Black Snake
Pale-headed blind snake; Pale-headed snake; Paroplocephalus; Peninsula brown snake; Pilbara bandy bandy; Pilbara death adder; Prong-snouted blind snake; Proximus blind snake; Pseudoferania; Pseudonaja; Pseudonaja mengdeni; Pseudonaja nuchalis; Pygmy copperhead; Pygmy mulga snake; Pygmy python
Australia has over 860 species, a large number in comparison to other continents; for example, North America's total is about 280. [1] The most species-rich group is Squamata, the snakes and lizards. They are especially diverse in the arid areas of Australia, where other fauna are scarcer.