Largest Aspidites. Ground colour cream, pale yellowish-brown to reddish-brown; palest bearing sharpest pattern in far west of range (west Kimberley region, W.A. south-westwards). Numerous dark brown to blackish...
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Children’s Pythons are among Australia’s smallest pythons, they are relatively slender snakes, with their head being only slightly wider than their neck. the body colour ranges from pale...
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Comprises 3 subspecies, including 2 dwarf island races. P. a. affinis (Günther, 1872) Large subspecies. Ground colour variable; yellowish-brown, pale or dark brown, grey to almost black. Many individuals bear...
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The Gwardar is a latge slender agile snake, with glossy smooth scales. Adults can get up to 160cm . Colouration is highly variable, several distinct colour forms occur with a multitude of intergrades: Hooded...
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Largest Pseudechis. Ground colour highly variable; pale brown, olive, rich reddish-brown to coppery-brown. Populations from southern parts of range may be darker to almost black. Individual scales usually bear...
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The Spotted Mulga snake has smooth scales that are black with groups of cream, brown, or yellow-centered scales providing a generally spotted pattern that varies considerably between individuals. Their head and...
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Two subspecies recognised. L. o. olivaceus: Ground colour dark olive, yellowish-brown to olive-brown, fading laterally. Lips, side of throat, neck and ventral surfaces white to cream. Lips may be finely dotted...
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The Water Python is Australia’s most aquatic python, their body colouration is without pattern and can be almost black to olive-brown or olive-grey, with an obvious opalescent sheen. The lips, throat and...
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The Desert Death Adder is a bright reddish-brown with a series of irregular cross-bands formed by paler, usually yellow scales; among both colours are scattered dark brown scales. The paler cross-bands may have...
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The Pilbara Death Adder is a bright reddish to dark brown with a series of irregular cross-bands formed by paler, usually yellow scales; among both colours are scattered dark brown scales. The paler cross-bands...
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Relatively slender death adder with strongly-keeled dorsal scales and very rugose head shields. Ground colour pale reddish-brown to rich red, marked with transversely-aligned dark flecks, alternating with 50-70...
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The Brown Tree Snake is brown to bright reddish-brown with numerous narrow, irregular, dark crossbands, or cream to light reddish-brown with numerous broad, irregular, bright red or reddish-brown cross-bands....
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  The Green Tree Snake’s scales are smooth and colour varies considerably from grey and olive-green through various shades of brown to almost black, or even bright blue, the skin between their scales...
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The Yellow-faced Whip Snake is a moderately large slender green snake with smooth matte scales. Colour is usually a lime-green, becoming a lemon-yellow on flanks. Some individuals are olive-green to drank-green....
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North-western carpet pythons are a robust species with a large head quite distinct from the neck. they are reddish brown in colour, with darker cream edged bands along the entire length of their body, and a...
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The Rough-scaled Python is a slender snake with a head that is quite distinct from its neck, it is the only known python species with keeled scales. The body is a pale brownish white with coarse variegations, ...
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Large distinctive python with small fragmented head shields. Four subspecies are currently recognised though a number of distinctly patterned populations occur. It remains to be demonstrated whether these...
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The Pygmy Python is the smallest python species in the world. their colouration varies depending on region and habitat, they may be a reddish-brown (brick brown) to a sandy yellow/orange. Most have a pattern of...
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Pattern usually prominent and including pale ventrolateral line. Has 260 – 302 ventral scales and usually 6th and 7th upper labial scales contacting eye. Pale brown, yellowish brown to cream, irregularly marked...
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Two subspecies recognised. Status of western form is uncertain; regarded here as being a subspecies of N. scutatus. N. s. scutatus (Peters, 1861) Ground colour extremely variable, ranging from pale grey through...
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Ground colour pale brown, yellowish-brown, reddish-brown to pale olive, marked with numerous irregular darker brown to reddish-brown bands. These may be slightly narrower to broader than pale interspaces and...
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