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Description. A genus of large venomous snake in the family Elapidae restricted to subtropical regions of Australia. Tiger snakes are a large group of distinct populations, which may be isolated or overlapping, with extreme variance in size and colour.
Taxonomy and etymology It is currently the only species in its genus , although several species and subspecies have been described in the past. Its name means tree snake in Afrikaans and Dutch â boom meaning tree (a cognate of  beam ), and slang meaning snake. In Afrikaans , the name is pronounced . The snake is thought to be closely related to members of the genera Thelotornis , Thrasops , Rhamnophis , and Xyelodontophis , with which it forms the taxonomic tribe Dispholidini .