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Common and dangerous species
  • Bandy Bandy
  • Brown Tree Snake
  • Carpet Snake or Carpet Python
  • Coastal Taipan
  • Collett's Black Snake
  • Common Death Adder
  • Yellow-faced Whip Snake
  • Eastern Brown Snake
  • Freshwater Snake (Keelback Snake)
  • Green Tree Snake
  • Mulga Snake
  • Pale-headed Snake
  • Papuan Black Snake
  • Papuan Whip Snake
  • Red-bellied Black Snake
  • Rough-scaled Snake
  • Small-eyed Snake
  • Speckled Brown Snake
  • Spotted Black Snake
  • Stephens' Banded Snake
  • Tiger Snake
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Common and dangerous species

Bandy Bandy (Vermicella annulata)

Brown Tree Snake (Boiga irregularis)

Carpet Snake or Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)

Coastal Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus)

Collett's Black Snake (Pseudechis colletti)

Common Death Adder (Acanthophis antarcticus)

Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis)

Freshwater Snake (Keelback Snake) (Tropidonophis mairii)

Green Tree Snake (Dendrelaphis punctulata)

Mulga Snake (Pseudechis australis)

Pale-headed Snake (Hoplocephalus bitorquatus)

Papuan Black Snake (Pseudechis papuanus)

Papuan Whip Snake (Demansia papuensis)

Red-bellied Black Snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus)

Rough-scaled Snake (Tropidechis carinatus)

Small-eyed Snake (Cryptophis nigrescens)

Speckled Brown Snake (Pseudonaja guttata)

Spotted Black Snake (Pseudechis guttatus)

Stephens' Banded Snake (Hoplocephalus stephensii)

Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus)

Western Brown Snake (Pseudonaja nuchalis)

Western Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus)

White-crowned Snake (Cacophis harriettae)

Yellow-faced Whip Snake (Demansia psammophis)

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Queensland Museum Network is continuing its reconciliation journey by developing an Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, and Elders past and present.

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