Adult eastern brown snakes are highly variable in colour. Whilst usually a uniform shade of brown, they can have various patterns including speckles and bands, and range from a very pale fawn colour through to black, including orange, silver, yellow and grey. Juveniles can be banded and have a black head, with a lighter band behind, a black nape, and numerous red-brown spots on the belly. ... source: Wikipedia
The Eastern Brown Snake is a dangerous venomous snake. It has a slender body and is variable in colour ranging from tan to grey or dark brown. The belly is cream, yellow or pale orange with darker orange spots. source: OZ Animals
| Venomous snakes | |
| Australian iconic species |
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Pseudonaja textilis |
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Furina textilis Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 | |
| Published in: Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A. 1854. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles Paris : Roret Vol. 7(2) pp. 781-1536 pp. | |
| Pseudoelaps superciliosus Fischer, 1856 | |
| Published in: Fischer, J.G. 1856. Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischenhte Naturhistorischen Museums. Abh. Geb. Naturwiss. Hamb. Vol. 3 pp. 79-116 | |
| Demansia annulata Günther, 1858 | |
| Published in: Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum London : British Museum pp. xvi 281 pp. | |
| Pseudoelaps kubingii Jan, 1859 | |
| Published in: Jan, G. 1859. Plan d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces des Serpents. Rev. Mag. Zool. (Paris) Ser. 2 Vol. 11–12 pp. 122-130 | |
| Pseudoelaps sordellii Jan, 1859 | |
| Published in: Jan, G. 1859. Plan d'une Iconographie descriptive des Ophidiens, et description sommaire de nouvelles espèces des Serpents. Rev. Mag. Zool. (Paris) Ser. 2 Vol. 11–12 pp. 122-130 | |
| Pseudoelaps kubinyi Jan, 1863 | |
| Published in: Jan, G. 1863. Elenco Sistematico Degli Ofidi Descritti e Disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale Milan : A. Lombardi pp. 143 pp. | |
| Cacophis guntheri Steindachner, 1867 | |
| Published in: Steindachner, F. 1867. Reptilien. pp. 1–98 in, Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorff-Urbair. Zoologie 1(3). Vienna : State Printer | |
| Diemenia superciliaris McCoy, 1867 | |
| Published in: McCoy, F. 1867. On the recent zoology and palaeontology of Victoria. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 3 Vol. 20 pp. 175-202 | |
| Pseudoelaps beckeri Jan & Sordelli, 1873 | |
| Published in: Jan, G. & Sordelli, F. 1873. Iconographie Générale des Ophidiens. Atlas Milan : Jan & Sordelli pp. 43 pp. | |
| Furina bicucullata McCoy, 1879 | |
| Published in: McCoy, F. 1879. The two-hooded furina snake. Prodromus Zool. Vic. Vol. 4 pp. 13-15 | |
| Furina cucullata Boulenger, 1896 | |
| Published in: Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). 3 London : British Museum pp. xiv 727 pp. 25 pls | |
| Pseudechis cupreus Boulenger, 1896 | |
| Published in: Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). 3 London : British Museum pp. xiv 727 pp. 25 pls | |
| Pseudonaja ohnoi Wells and Wellington, 1985 | |
| Common name | Source |
|---|---|
| Eastern Brown Snake | |
| Common Brown Snake |
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