Western Brown Snake Image Credit: Matt Cornish, Shutterstock The Eastern Brown lives in populated areas and is especially at home in farms, where it can find a steady supply of its primary food source: mice.Ģ. The Eastern Brown Snake is fast and aggressive and the brown snake group is responsible for more snake deaths than any other group in the country. Eastern Brown Snake Image Credit: Ken Griffiths,Shutterstock The 34 Types of Snakes Found in Australia 1. We have listed 34 of the most commonly found species of snake in Australia, starting with 11 of the deadliest and including some of the most interesting water snakes in Australia. Although Australia is home to some of the deadliest snakes in the world, and about a dozen different species have enough venom to potentially kill a person, education and the existence of effective anti-venoms means that less than three deaths per year are attributed to venomous snake bites. They vary in size, color, characteristics, and how venomous they are. We are trying to learn and understand our nature and wildlife and try not to disturb them.Australia has approximately 150 species of land snakes as well as a further 30 sea snakes. Please note that all tips and advice are based on observations and not scientific studies. You are stressing the snakes who are resting as well as denying fellow park photographers from shooting the snakes (because if you disturb them, they will move away). Some photographers have the habit of prodding snakes with sticks to get good photos. Please do not disturb them by using sticks or by throwing something to the snake. If you would like to take photos of the snake, especially for photographers, please capture the photos of what you see and make sure you keep a safe distance. What is the dos and don’ts when visitors want to take photos of the snake? Otherwise, leave them alone and they will usually go away at night. It potentially may cause harm to humans as well as itself, so please kindly contact NParks or ACRES. Sometimes, snakes may be in a dangerous position such as in the middle of boardwalk. Most of the pit vipers are not active during the day, as it is time for them to rest. When you see the pit viper snake, remain calm, and try not disturb them. During the walk, please be aware of your surroundings, minimise the noise, and avoid looking at your handphone, as along the boardwalk you may see any wildlife animal or snake. Sometimes the vipers may be resting on wires or the boardwalk. Important for park goers to be mindful when they are walking along the boardwalk of the mangrove. Many other colour variations of shore-pit vipers were spotted in PRP, other than ‘Blu’ there are also “Olive” and “Rusty” but to-date I have not name all of them yet.įor the visitors to the park, what do they need to do if they encounter snake? Is there many other type of shore pit viper that any other colour than blue? It’s easier to describe it if it has a name. When we meet each other, we exchange sightings. For example, we have a community here in Pasir Ris Park. I gave this name for easy identification and reference. I named it “Blu” because this viper has a bluish stripe on its flanks. However, I can’t confirm that she is the only viper in Pasir Ris Park (PRP) mangrove that has that bluish stripe. I first met “Blu” in December 2017, at Pasir Ris. Peter, can you let us know how you met ‘Blu’ and why did you name it ‘Blu’ ?
Purpureomaculatus was first coined by the original describer John E Gray in 1832 because of the purple spots on the particular specimen he was describing, although we now know that body pattern and coloration is variable in this species. After discovering about “Blu”, I acknowledged that its nickname was given by Peter Chua. I joined some nature groups on Facebook and I saw someone post the shore pit viper snake with a nickname ‘Blu’.
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