Pseudonaja textilis
Eastern Brown Snake at Fyshwick, ACT
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| Pseudonaja textilis | wombey | 24 Jan 2016 |
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two juveniles under the same rock at Fyshwick
1 comment
26 Feb 2016
Note here the variation in colour from presumably siblings. This clearly illustrates the difficulty in using colour alone to identify many species of snakes. The collector though one was a brown snake but had no idea what the redder one was!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.178543-35.332767
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 30 Jul 1978 12:00 AM Recorded on
- wombey Recorded by
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Species information
- Pseudonaja textilis Scientific name
- Eastern Brown Snake Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1685.3m Recorded at altitude
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4 / 7
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