Australian Colubrid Snakes
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FAMILY : Colubrid Snakes
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Brown Tree Snake
(Boiga irregularis) |
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The Brown Tree Snake is brown (no surprises there) with irregular dark bands, and pinkish underside. Has large orange eyes. Click to continue> |
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Bockadam
(Cerberus rhynchops) |
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The visibility of upper jaw, giving it a dog-like appearance. Head long and distinct from neck. Eyes small and beady, with rounded pupils. Dorsum dark gray, with faint dark blotches and a dark line along the sides of the head, across the yes. Venter... Click to continue> |
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Green Tree Snake
(Dendrelaphis punctulata) |
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The Green Tree Snake can vary in colour from brown to green. The body is very slender, and it often has a yellow throat. It is a harmless, agile climber, Click to continue> |
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Northern Tree Snake
(Dendrelaphis calligastra) |
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Dendrelaphis calligastra is a colubrid snake native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia] It is a slender, large-eyed, nonvenomous, diurnal snake, which grows up to 1.2 m in length and is greenish, brown, or greyish above with a cream or... Click to continue> |
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Keelback Snake
(Tropidonophis mairii) |
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Grey, brown or olive above with irregular dark cross bands (bands may be broken). Cream or greenish below with orange flush at edge of belly. Back scales strongly keeled, in 15 (rarely 17) rows at midbody.
Active both day and night. This is... Click to continue> |
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