Brown Snakes

Brown Snakes

Brown snakes (genus Pseudonaja) are distributed across the entirety of the Australian mainland, with different species occupying distinct geographic regions and habitats. There are nine recognized species of brown snakes in Australia. The Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis) local to this area has a slender body and is variable in colour ranging from uniform tan to grey or dark brown. The belly is cream, yellow or pale orange with darker orange spots.

A large adult Eastern brown snake is a formidable hunter. They can grow longer than 2 metres in length and can move at surprising speed when warm.

They feed on mostly on small mammals, particularly rodents, and because of this they are often found around farm buildings, edges of suburbia, woodlands, grasslands and locations that attract rats and mice. This makes contact with humans common, and the brown snakes bad temper and toxic venom make for a deadly combination.

THIS SNAKE IS CONSIDERED HIGHLY VENOMOUS AND DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NEVER BE APPROACHED.