Eastern Brown Snake
brown snake is the deadliest snake in Australia.
It is not the most
Australian snakes, but due to its habitat it easily becomes in contact
with humans, and is
most snake deaths in Australia.
It is also known
Eastern Brown Snake
brown snake is the deadliest snake in Australia.
It is not the most
Australian snakes, but due to its habitat it easily becomes in contact
with humans, and is
most snake deaths in Australia.
It is also known for its speed
and bad temper.
It is found in the eastern
the country, including Cape York peninsula.
It prefers dry habitat
not found in rainforests.
It is attracted to
farmland and farm
buildings because of the presence of introduced mice and rats.
What Does the Eastern Brown
It is a slender
snake that is
known for its speed.
Its body is streamlined, including the head.
It can be over two metres long, but is more often about 1.5 metres.
It is most often uniform brown
or tan but
can also be grey or
black, and can have banding.
is most often cream,
but can also be yellowish or
pale orange, and can have orange or pink spots.
often have bands,
dark heads, darker spots on the belly and larger colour variations than
snakes can be confused
brown snakes and western
Where Is It Found? It is
found roughly in the eastern
half of Australia, except
parts of central South Australia and western New South Wales, as well
It is found in all of
including Cape York.
It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where it is thought to have been
snake prefers dry habitat
is not found in rainforests.
It lives in Eucalypt forests, open
savannah woodlands, grasslands, heaths and scrublands.
It also particularly likes grazing and farmland
areas, where there is shelter, water, and abundant food, particularly
vegetation, as well as any junk laying around on the ground.
When Is It Around? It is mostly active during the day time,
but can become nocturnal during the hottest time of the year.
What Does It Eat? It mostly
feeds on small mammals,
are rats and mice.
But it will also take birds, frogs and other reptiles, including other snakes.
Mating and Breeding Male combat and mating takes place
during the late
Females lay clutches of about 10 to 30 eggs,
in about November.
The nests are not guarded. Once the juveniles hatch, they are about
20cm long, and independent straight away.
Bite, Venom and Treatment Although it is not Australia's
most venomous snake,
it is one of the most
venomous ones, the
second or third one varying between different sources.
Even though it is known as a
tempered snake, it first does try to flee when confronted.
If provoking continues or the snake is cornered
and has nowhere to flee, it will attack.
You know it's about to attack when it raises
its neck and body off the ground, to an upright S - shape.
It strikes quickly, and it sometimes starts its defence with
If poison is injected
should always act assuming it was), the amount may depend on the size
of the snake.
The venom contains neurotoxins
thin blood ( internal
are dizziness, diarrhea, renal failure, convulsions, collapse
and cardiac arrest.
Snake bite first aid
has to be
applied immediately and the victim has to be taken to the hospital in
emergency, for antivenom.
antivenom, the bite can well be
brown snake is only found in western Cape York.
It is also called Gwarder 