Snakes Gallery

Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis)

A closeup portrait of an Eastern Brown Snake from the suburbs of Melbourne. This snake thrives in urban population, performing a useful function keeping rodent numbers under control. Unfortunately this puts it in frequent contact with humans, which often ends badly for the snake

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Green Tree Python (Morelia viridian)

Morelia viridis, commonly known as the green tree python, is a species of python found in New Guinea, islands in Indonesia, and Cape York Peninsula in Australia. One of the smaller pythons, they are usually about 1.5 metres long and weigh no more than about 1.5 kg. They have a large head, which is well defined from the neck. Their colour is bright green, with yellow shades, and some have white markings on the back. Juveniles are brown or yellow

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Tired blind snake@Cape Leveque, WA

An apparent yawn from this blind snake found in Cape Leveque, Western Australia. Much of the land in Cape Leveque is currently earmarked for development by the mining industry

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