0257: Death Adder
Acanthophis pyrrhus
WA
0258: Pale-headed Snake Hoplocephalus bitorquatus
Qld
0259: Inland Taipan
Oxyuranus microlepidotus
Qld
0260: Lake Cronin Snake
Paraplocephalus atriceps
WA
0261: Brown Snake
Pseudonaja affinis exilis
WA
0262: Western Brown Snake
Pseudonaja nuchalis
WA


  REPTILES
 (Venomous landsnakes - Elapidae)
 
 
Australian venomous landsnakes have suffered traditionally bad press. However
a brief glance at the fatality list will reveal that this attitude cannot be supported by the figures. Far more people are killed in Australia each year by the introduced European honeybee and in traffic accidents. The Australian chapter of the Family
Elapidae is easily the richest on earth.



46 more species available in the collection