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Australian Brown Snakes
Pseudonaja
Pseudonaja is a genus of highly venomous elapid snakes native to Australia. Species of this genus are known commonly as brown snakes and are considered to be some of the most dangerous snakes in the world; even young snakes are capable of delivering a fatal envenomation to a human.
Despite its common name, the king brown snake (Pseudechis australis) is not a brown snake, but a member of the genus Pseudechis, commonly known as black snakes.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Eastern Brown Snake
speciesPseudonaja textilis
Dugite
speciesPseudonaja affinis
Western Brown Snake
speciesPseudonaja mengdeni
Strap-Snouted Brown Snake
speciesPseudonaja aspidorhyncha
Ringed Brown Snake
speciesPseudonaja modesta
Peninsula Brown Snake
speciesPseudonaja inframacula
Northern Brown Snake
speciesPseudonaja nuchalis
Speckled Brown Snake
speciesPseudonaja guttata
Ingram's Brown Snake
speciesPseudonaja ingrami
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 35139.