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Black Tiger Snake photographed at Brisbane Pet and Animal Expo.
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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Black Tiger Snake photographed at Brisbane Pet and Animal Expo.
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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BLACK TIGER SNAKE FACTS |
Description
The Black Tiger Snake has very dark brown head and body, sometimes with lighter cross bands. The belly is light to dark grey.
Size
1.5m
Habitat
Dry rocky areas, marshland and coastal dune grassland. Lives in drier habitats than common tiger snakes although restricted to areas experiencing coastal rainfall.
Food
On the Bass Strait islands it feeds on mutton bird chicks. It also eats frogs, small mammals, fish and other reptiles including its own species
Breeding
Females usually give birth to 20 - 30 live young
Range
The Black Tiger Snake is found in West Australia, South Australia and the Bass Strait Islands and Tasmania.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Notes
Highly venomous - one of Australia's most dangerous.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Serpentes) | | Family: | Elapidae | | Genus: | Notechis | | Species: | ater | | Common Name: | Black Tiger Snake |
Relatives in same Genus
King Island Tiger Snake (N. ater humphreysi)
Chappell Island Tiger Snake (N. ater serventyi)
Eastern Tiger Snake (N. scutatus)
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