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Northern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja nuchalis)

Northern Brown Snake

Pseudonaja nuchalis

About the Northern Brown Snake

Pseudonaja nuchalis, commonly known as the western brown snake or gwardar, is a species of very fast, highly venomous elapid snake native to Australia. Its colour and pattern are rather variable, depending largely on its location. Some experts assert that the western brown's wide variation in appearance and extensive distribution mean that the western brown species in fact covers multiple related, but separate species with three derivative species now officially recognised, P. nuchalis, P. aspidorhyncha, and...

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the scientific name of the Northern Brown Snake?

The scientific name of the Northern Brown Snake is Pseudonaja nuchalis.

How many Northern Brown Snake sightings have been recorded?

119 observations of the Northern Brown Snake have been recorded on iNaturalist.

119 observations on iNaturalist
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