Reptiles of the Townsville Region

FRONT-FANGED SNAKES, (ELAPIDAE)

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• Black Whip Snake, Demansia atra
• Greater Black Whip Snake, Demansia papuensis
• Yellow-faced Whip Snake, Demansia psammophis
• Collared Whip Snake, Demansia torquata
• Red-naped Snake, Furina diadema
• Orange-naped Snake, Furina ornata
• Taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus
• Eastern Brown Snake, Pseudonaja textilis
• Black-striped Snake, Rhinoplocephalus nigrostriatus
• Curl Snake, Suta suta
• Bandy-Bandy, Vermicella annulata

Prepared by: Geordie Torr, Dept. of Zoology, James Cook University, QLD 4811, Australia.

Geordie.Torr@jcu.edu.au

Last updated: May, 1995.