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Australia has nearly 200 known species of snake, only 25 of which are considered potentially deadly. Explore images of Australian snakes.


Pelamis platurus
Pseudonaja textilis
Highland Copperhead, Austrelaps ramsayi
Pseudechis colletti
Pseudechis australis
Coastal Taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus
Oxyuranus microlepidotus
Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus
Death adder snake
Notechis scutatus occidentalis

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The Australian Museum respects and acknowledges the Gadigal people as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Museum stands.

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