Snakes of Australia explained
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
South west
Central
Melbourne
Gippsland
Tasmania
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
Great Southern
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
Peel
Perth
Pilbara
South West
Wheatbelt
South Australia
Adelaide
Central
Eyre Peninsula
Murray & Mallee
Outback
South East
Southern & Hills
Queensland
Brisbane
Central West
Far North
Gold Coast
North West
Rockhampton
Mackay
South East
South West
Sunshine Coast
Townsville
Wide Bay
NSW & ACT
Central Coast
Central West
Far West
Hunter
Illawarra
Mid North Coast
Murray
Murrumbidgee
North Western
Northern Rivers
Northern Tablelands
South Coast
South East
Sydney
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