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54 species

Pseudechis guttatus (Blue-bellied Black Snake or Spotted Black Snake)

Pseudechis guttatus

photo courtesy of Stephen Mahony. All rights reserved. Copyrighted image

Pseudechis guttatus

photo courtesy of Stephen Mahony. All rights reserved. Copyrighted image
Pseudechis guttatus
Pseudechis guttatus

Pseudechis porphyriacus (Red-bellied Black Snake)

Pseudechis porphyriacus
Pseudechis porphyriacus
Pseudechis porphyriacus
Pseudechis porphyriacus
Pseudechis porphyriacus
Pseudechis porphyriacus

Pseudonaja affinis exilis (Rottnest Island Dugite)

Pseudonaja affinis exilis
Pseudonaja affinis exilis

Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha (Strap-snouted brown snake)

Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha
Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha
Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha
Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha
Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha
Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha

Pseudonaja textilis (Eastern Brown Snake)

Pseudonaja textilis
Pseudonaja textilis
Pseudonaja textilis

black on top of head and neck with break in between
Pseudonaja textilis
Pseudonaja textilis
Pseudonaja textilis

Ramphotyphlops endoterus (Interior Blind Snake)

Ramphotyphlops nigrescens (Blackish Blind Snake)

Ramphotyphlops nigrescens
Ramphotyphlops nigrescens
Ramphotyphlops nigrescens
Ramphotyphlops nigrescens
Ramphotyphlops nigrescens
Ramphotyphlops nigrescens

Simalia amethistina (Scrub Python, Amethystine Python)

Simalia amethistina
Simalia amethistina
Simalia amethistina
Simalia amethistina
Simalia amethistina
Simalia amethistina

Simalia kinghorni (Scrub Python)

Simalia kinghorni
Simalia kinghorni
Simalia kinghorni
Simalia kinghorni

Simoselaps anomalus (Desert Banded Snake)

Simoselaps anomalus
Simoselaps anomalus
Simoselaps anomalus
Simoselaps anomalus
Simoselaps anomalus
Simoselaps anomalus

Simoselaps bertholdi (Jan's Banded Snake)

Simoselaps bertholdi
Simoselaps bertholdi
Simoselaps bertholdi
Simoselaps bertholdi
Simoselaps bertholdi
Simoselaps bertholdi

Suta suta (Curl or Myall Snake)

Suta suta
Suta suta

Tropidechis carinatus (Rough-scaled Snake)

Tropidechis carinatus
Tropidechis carinatus
Tropidechis carinatus
Tropidechis carinatus

Tropidonophis mairii (Keelback, Freshwater Snake)

Tropidonophis mairii

photo courtesy of Stephen Young

Tropidonophis mairii

photo courtesy of Stephen Young
Tropidonophis mairii

photo courtesy of Stephen Young
Tropidonophis mairii
Tropidonophis mairii
Tropidonophis mairii

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