Pseudonaja textilis
5 Eastern Brown Snake at Acton, ACT
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| Pseudonaja textilis | wombey | 7 Oct 2018 | |
| Pseudonaja textilis | TimL | 7 Oct 2018 |
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User's notes
A yawning snake? The snake was seen to do this twice over a period of about 5 minutes.
1 comment
8 Oct 2018
A great series of photographs - well done. One possible reason for "yawning" in snakes is that they sometimes need to re-articulate their lower jaw bones following the capture and swallowing of a large prey item. WillO.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108482-35.275836
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 6 Oct 2018 02:13 PM Recorded on
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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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5 / 7
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