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COLLETT'S SNAKE FACTS |
Description
Collett's Snake is a strikingly marked snake with patches of bright orange amongst darker bluish-black areas
Size
1.5m -2m
Habitat
flood plains, open scrubland and flood channels
Food
mammals, lizards, snakes and frogs.
Breeding
Lays about 10-18 off-white eggs that hatch after around 10 weeks. Hatchlings have bright orange-red and dark brown markings.
Range
remote areas of inland Queensland
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 but not aggressive.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Serpentes) | | Family: | Elapidae | | Genus: | Pseudechis | | Species: | colletti | | Common Name: | Collett's Snake |
Relatives in same Genus
Mulga Snake (P. australis)
Spotted Black Snake (P. guttatus)
Red-bellied Black Snake (P. porphyriacus)
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