THE SNAKE JOURNAL
Practical answers, surprising behaviour and useful identification advice. Get to know the snakes that share our landscape.
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Identification
A black snake is not automatically a red-bellied black snake. Several Australian snakes can appear dark or almost black. A visible red flank may…
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Identification
A brown-coloured snake is not necessarily an eastern brown snake, and an eastern brown snake is not always brown. Start with the location, then…
Read the guide : Is it an eastern brown snake? Useful clues and lookalikes
Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark / CC BY 2.0 / https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pseudonaja_textilis_(6310020307).jpg; resized and converted to WebP.
Around the home
Food, cover and access to water can make a garden useful to snakes. The most practical changes are to reduce rodent food, tidy hiding…
Read the guide : What attracts snakes to Australian gardens?
Original diagram created for Snake Identifier. Not a species identification image.
Around the home
If a snake is inside your house, move people and pets away, leave it alone and call a qualified local snake catcher. You do…
