Eastern Brown Snake
Pseudonaja textilis
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,737
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis), often referred to as the common brown snake, is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to eastern and central Australia and southern New Guinea. It was first described by André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron, and Auguste Duméril in 1854.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eastern brown snake”.