Snakes of Australia

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

  • Common copperhead, Austrelaps
  • Demansia psammophis
  • Masters' snake, Drysdalia mastersii
  • Echiopsis curta
  • Tiger snake, Notechis scutatus
  • Western brown snake, Pseudonaja nuchalis
  • Eastern brown snake, Pseudonaja textilis
  • Simoselaps australis
  • Suta nigriceps
  • Suta spectabilis
  • Suta suta
  • Bandy-bandy, Vermicella annulata

South west

Central

Melbourne

Gippsland

Tasmania

Northern Territory

North

South

Western Australia

Gascoyne

Great Southern

Kimberley

Mid West

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

Red-bellied black snake in Kowmung River, New South Wales

Northern Tablelands

South Coast

South East

Sydney

  • Australian Wildlife