State guide
Use the identifier with a location clue, then compare the profiles below.
Spotted Sea Snake (Hydrophis ocellatus) stranded on a beach; condition not documented.
Photo: Vicki Kelly · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Hydrophis ocellatus
A venomous sea snake with spotted sides and oval or bar-like markings across its back, often fading with age.
Venomous
Elapidae
Pseudechis butleri
A dark-backed mulga snake from arid midwestern Western Australia, with pale-yellow scale centres and irregular darker patches.
Venomous
Spectacled Sea Snake (Hydrophis kingii) preserved museum specimen in a jar, labelled Disteira kingii.
Photo: A. C. Tatarinov · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Hydrophis kingii
A marine snake with a dark head, pale rings around the eyes and grey bars across a yellowish body.
Venomous.
Photo: Ruth Clark · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Typhlopidae
Anilios australis
A small burrowing blind snake of south-western Western Australia; broader state records remain under review.
Non-venomous
Preserved short-nosed sea snake specimen SAMA R68142 from Ashmore Reef. Preserved colours do not represent a living snake reliably.
Photo: Kate L. Sanders, Tina Schroeder, Michael L. Guinea, and Arne R. Rasmussen · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Aipysurus apraefrontalis
A rare sea snake recorded in north-western Australian waters. Coastal and offshore populations vary in size and colour; an older museum account describes a cream form with bluish-brown bars.
Highly venomous
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Suta fasciata
A thick-bodied Western Australian snake with reddish-brown markings across a pale buff back.
Venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Typhlopidae
Anilios ligatus
The Robust Blind Snake is a widespread Australian blind snake with a moderately stout body. Specialist descriptions separate it from similar forms using the rounded snout and head scales.
Non-venomous
Photo: Ursina Gringer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Demansia reticulata
A Western Australian whipsnake with dark scale edges that can produce a net-like appearance.
Venomous
Port Darwin Sea Snake (Hydrelaps darwiniensis) deceased beach specimen.
Photo: Rod Lowther · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Hydrelaps darwiniensis
Port Darwin Sea Snake is a small mangrove and coastal sea snake with a light grey or yellowish body and many dark bands.
Venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios pilbarensis
A blind snake described from the Pilbara in Western Australia, with a prominent beaked snout.
Non-venomous
Elapidae
Suta ordensis
A venomous snake recorded from northeastern Western Australia and the adjacent Northern Territory.
Venomous
Photo: Third Silence · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Furina ornata
A small northern Australian snake recognised by a red nape blotch not completely enclosed by black.
Venomous
Photo: Richard Ling · CC BY-SA 2.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Aipysurus laevis
A robust marine snake whose colour changes with age. Adults may be creamy-yellow or golden-brown; younger animals can have pale bands on a dark body.
Highly venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios hamatus
A relatively stout, beak-snouted blind snake recorded in Western Australia.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios vagurima
A little-known, non-venomous blind snake described from Mornington Sanctuary in the Kimberley, Western Australia.
Non-venomous
Elapidae
Suta nigriceps
A stout southern Australian snake with a dark head and a variable dark stripe along the back.
Venomous
Elapidae
Ephalophis greyae
A small, banded sea snake recorded in mangrove creeks along the Western Australian coast.
Probably dangerously venomous
Photo: Donna Belder · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Suta punctata
A pale snake with darker scale markings, recorded in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.
Venomous
Photo: Connor Margetts · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Paroplocephalus atriceps
A venomous Western Australian snake known from the Lake Cronin and nearby south-western localities.
Venomous; AROD rates it potentially dangerous
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Simoselaps bertholdi
A small venomous burrowing snake with records in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Venomous
Fine-spined Sea Snake (Hydrophis czeblukovi) preserved museum specimen in a jar, labelled Leioselasma czeblukovi.
Photo: A. C. Tatarinov · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Hydrophis czeblukovi
A sea snake recorded offshore from Dampier, with a narrow neck and distinctive geometric flank markings.
Dangerously venomous
Photo: David Thompson · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Typhlopidae
Anilios pinguis
The Fat Blind Snake is a stout blind snake recorded from South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia in the current Reptile Database account. AROD uses the older common name Rotund Blind Snake.
Non-venomous
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Typhlopidae
Anilios endoterus
A small inland blind snake recorded across five mainland states.
Non-venomous
Cogger’s Sea Snake (Hydrophis coggeri) preserved museum specimen in a jar, labelled Leioselasma coggeri.
Photo: A. C. Tatarinov · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Hydrophis coggeri
Cogger's Sea Snake is a banded marine snake recorded from northern Australian waters and the wider western Pacific.
Dangerously venomous
Photographed on light cloth.
Photo: Robert Browne-Cooper · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Typhlopidae
Anilios margaretae
A very slender blind snake described from Lake Throssell in Western Australia.
Non-venomous
Elapidae
Aipysurus tenuis
A slender sea snake described with a light-brown body, darker lengthwise markings and bars along the sides. Records place it in waters off north-western Australia.
Dangerously venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios waitii
A very slender blind snake with a pronounced beak-like snout, recorded in Western Australia.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios longissimus
A highly elongated, almost unpigmented blind snake known only from Barrow Island.
Non-venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Pseudonaja modesta
Ringed Brown Snake is a small inland brown snake with a black head and nape band and narrow body bands that may fade with age.
Venomous
Elapidae
Emydocephalus orarius
A large coastal Western Australian sea snake with 19–21 body bands. The current diagnosis records a maximum total length of 116 cm, with records from Shark Bay through the Pilbara to the Kimberley.
Unknown
Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Emydocephalus annulatus
An egg-eating marine snake with banded and dark colour forms.
Venom apparatus is greatly reduced; this does not mean the species is safe to handle.
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Pythonidae
Liasis fuscus
A large non-venomous python associated with northern waterways.
Non-venomous
Photo: Valentin Moser · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Pseudonaja affinis
A dangerously venomous brown-snake relative of Western and South Australia.
Dangerously venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Pseudechis weigeli
A venomous black-snake relative recorded in the Kimberley and the Northern Territory.
Dangerously venomous
Photographed in the Great Central Road area, Western Australia.
Photo: Chris Hay · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Oxyuranus temporalis
A very slender desert taipan with tan-brown to chocolate-brown upperparts, a paler head and sometimes faint herringbone lines. Confirmed material includes Western Australia; an older Central Ranges record near the NT region remains tentative.
Highly venomous
Photo: Connor Margetts · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Pythonidae
Morelia imbricata
A non-venomous python of southern Western Australia and parts of South Australia.
Non-venomous
Photo: Brendan Costello · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Pythonidae
Liasis olivaceus
A very large olive python of drier northern Australia. The Pilbara subspecies occurs in Western Australia, while the species-level range also includes the Northern Territory and Queensland.
Non-venomous
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Echiopsis curta
A short, stout snake with a broad head and generally plain olive-brown, brown or reddish-brown upperparts. Its separated populations include south-western NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
Venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Cryptophis pallidiceps
The Northern Small-eyed Snake is a secretive venomous snake of northern Australia. It can be brown, grey or black above, with paler yellow-orange flanks and a white belly.
Venomous
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Acanthophis wellsi
Pilbara Death Adder is a banded death adder recorded from stony soils in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Dangerously venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Acanthophis pyrrhus
A banded death adder of sandy and stony deserts across inland Australia. Its red or orange colouring blends with many desert soils.
Dangerously venomous
Kimberley Death Adder (Acanthophis cryptamydros), holotype WAM R174083 photographed in life by R. J. Ellis.
Photo: R. J. Ellis, in Maddock et al. (2015), Zootaxa 4007(3):301–326, Figure 5 · CC BY 3.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Acanthophis cryptamydros
A stout Kimberley death adder of north-western Australia, usually orange-brown, tan-brown or grey with darker cross-bands. Its dangerous venom means a distant comparison is the only safe use of this page.
Highly venomous
Photo: evaladyman · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Suta gouldii
A slender hooded snake found in Western Australia and across the Nullarbor into South Australia.
Venomous
Photo: Lachlan Copeland · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Pseudonaja mengdeni
A slender inland brown snake with yellow, orange or brown body forms and variable dark markings.
Venomous
Photo: Euan Kettle · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Neelaps calonotos
A very small burrowing snake of south-western Western Australia, usually with a dark stripe along its pinkish to orange-red body.
Venomous
Photo: Siddarth Machado · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Typhlopidae
Indotyphlops braminus
A tiny introduced blind snake, usually shiny silver-grey, charcoal-grey or purple with a blunt head and tail. Australian records began around Darwin, the Torres Strait and Townsville, with the account describing continued spread.
Non-venomous
Photo: Connor Margetts · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Typhlopidae
Anilios grypus
The Northern Long-beaked Blind Snake is a very slender blind snake from northern Australia, recognised in specialist descriptions by its beaked snout and dark tail.
Non-venomous
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Typhlopidae
Anilios bituberculatus
A widespread Australian blind snake with a slender body and a long snout. Specialist descriptions refer to a three-lobed snout outline when viewed from above.
Non-venomous
Photo: Bethlea Bell · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Colubridae
Boiga irregularis
A slender tree snake with a large head, bulbous eyes and vertical pupils. Colour and banding vary across its northern and eastern Australian range, so appearance alone is not a safe approach cue.
Weakly venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 (Licence)
Colubridae
Tropidonophis mairii
A small non-venomous snake often found around freshwater in northern and eastern Australia. Its grey or olive-brown body commonly carries broken dark bands. It closely resembles the venomous rough-scaled snake, so neither the waterside setting nor rough-looking scales proves an identification.
Non-venomous
Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Licence)
Colubridae
Dendrelaphis punctulatus
A very slender, agile snake with a long tail, often seen moving through gardens or low branches. Despite the name it may be olive, brown, black or even blue. Green colour is only one possible appearance of this non-venomous species.
Non-venomous
Photo: elawrey · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Hydrophis curtus
A marine snake with a greenish or yellowish back crossed by dark bands.
Venomous.
Photo: coenobita · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Acrochordidae
Acrochordus granulatus
A non-venomous coastal and waterway snake of northern Australia and south-east Asia.
Non-venomous
Photo: garywwilson · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Acrochordidae
Acrochordus arafurae
The Arafura File Snake is an aquatic northern Australian snake with loose skin and a dark, mesh-like pattern. It lives mainly in freshwater streams and billabongs but also enters estuaries and the sea.
Non-venomous in the consulted field-guide source.
Photo: george_vaughan · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Hydrophis elegans
A banded marine snake recorded around northern Australia, with qualified New South Wales records.
Dangerously venomous
Photo: Tim Robertson · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Hydrophis platurus
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake is a pelagic marine snake recorded across tropical Australian waters and the wider Indian and Pacific oceans. It has a dark upper body, a yellow lower body and a patterned paddle tail.
Venomous
Rough-scaled Python (Morelia carinata) on a branch at Prague Zoo (captive).
Photo: Petr Hamerník / Zoo Praha · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Licence)
Pythonidae
Morelia carinata
A large, keeled python of the northern Kimberley, with brown upperparts and paler reticulation in monsoon forest around gorges.
Non-venomous
Photo: Andrew Mercer (www.baldwhiteguy.co.nz) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Licence)
Pythonidae
Morelia spilota
A patterned python that can live in woodland, gardens and buildings as well as less disturbed habitats. Brown and cream blotches are common, but some forms have much darker bodies with pale spots. The diamond python is included within this variable species.
Non-venomous
Photo: Connor Margetts · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Pythonidae
Antaresia perthensis
The Pygmy Python is a very small Western Australian python with reddish-brown colouring and irregular darker spots. It is associated with rocky scrub and termite mounds in the Pilbara region.
Non-venomous
Photo: Hugo Innes · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Pythonidae
Antaresia childreni
A non-venomous python whose accepted species concept includes northern and inland Australian forms.
Non-venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Pythonidae
Aspidites melanocephalus
A large northern python marked by its sharply contrasting black head.
Non-venomous
Photo: Connor Margetts · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Pythonidae
Aspidites ramsayi
A large python with a pale yellow- to reddish-brown background and numerous dark bands. Juveniles may show a dark eye patch that often fades with age; the species occupies arid and semi-arid inland Australia.
Non-venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Pseudechis australis
A large, variable snake widespread across most of Australia.
Dangerously venomous
Photo: Greg Tasney · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Acanthophis antarcticus
A short, heavy-bodied snake with a broad head and a fine tail. Death adders often remain concealed in leaf litter instead of moving away early. Their camouflage and habit of waiting for prey make the shape of the whole animal particularly useful to notice.
Highly venomous
Photo: Danny S. · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Oxyuranus scutellatus
A large snake of northern and north-eastern Australia, often with a pale face and a noticeably narrower neck. Its body may be reddish-brown, dark brown or almost black. Colour alone can easily lead to confusion with brown snakes or mulga snakes.
Highly venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Notechis scutatus
Tiger snakes may be banded, faintly marked or completely plain. They are robust snakes associated with many southern wetlands, but also occur in drier habitats. A black snake in Tasmania, or one without stripes, can still be a tiger snake.
Highly venomous
Preserved leaf-scaled sea snake specimen WAM R150365 from Barrow Island. Preserved colours do not represent a living snake reliably.
Photo: Kate L. Sanders, Tina Schroeder, Michael L. Guinea, and Arne R. Rasmussen · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Aipysurus foliosquama
The Leaf-scaled Sea Snake is a rare marine snake recorded from offshore reefs in the Timor Sea and from Shark Bay on the Western Australian coast. A 2025 study describes it as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List and Critically Endangered under Australia's EPBC Act.
Venomous; AROD describes it as dangerously venomous.
Horned Sea Snake (Hydrophis peronii) recorded by a remotely operated vehicle at Ashmore Reef in 2021. The inset shows a closer view of the head. Underwater lighting affects the apparent colour.
Photo: Speed et al. (2022), Frontiers in Marine Science 9:921542, Figure 3H · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Hydrophis peronii
An Indo-Pacific sea snake with Australian records in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia. It has blunt projections on certain head shields and may be cream to pale brown with bands that fade in older adults.
Venomous
Photo: rcrofts · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Aipysurus duboisii
Dubois’ Sea Snake, also called the Reef Shallows Sea Snake, is a venomous marine snake recorded from northern Australian waters and nearby Indo-Pacific seas.
Dangerously venomous
Photo: Lawrence Hylton · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Suta monachus
A slender hooded snake of inland Western Australia, South Australia and the south-western Northern Territory.
Venomous
Photo: Tyler Anthony · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Suta gaikhorstorum
A moderately robust venomous snake of the Pilbara, with a reddish body and dark head hood.
Venomous
Photo: Em Lamond · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Elapognathus minor
A small Western Australian snake with a dark-grey, patternless body and pale neck bars.
Venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Pseudonaja inframacula
A dangerously venomous snake recorded from South Australia’s Eyre and Yorke peninsulas, nearby islands and the Nullarbor coast.
Dangerously venomous
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Simoselaps littoralis
A small burrowing snake of coastal Western Australia with contrasting dark body bands.
Venomous
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Simoselaps anomalus
A small burrowing banded snake of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.
Venomous
McDowell’s Sea Snake (Hydrophis macdowelli) preserved museum specimen in a labelled jar.
Photo: A. C. Tatarinov · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Hydrophis macdowelli
An Australian sea snake with a small head, compressed rear body and a banded pattern accompanied by rows of spots, recorded in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
Highly venomous
Elapidae
Demansia olivacea
A very slender whipsnake of the Top End and northern Kimberley, with reported facial markings.
Venomous
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Brachyurophis semifasciatus
A variable shovel-nosed snake with reddish-brown to orange colouration, a barred head and regular dark bands along the body. AROD mentions Queensland, but the current Reptile Database lists only southern Western Australia and South Australia, so the mapped range is partial.
Venomous
Photographed in the Mount Isa area, Queensland.
Photo: Chris Hay · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Demansia quaesitor
The Sombre Whip Snake is a small venomous snake of northern Australia with brown to black colouring, a paler head and a dark nape collar. It occurs in tropical and semi-arid woodland.
Venomous
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Typhlopidae
Anilios bicolor
A relatively stout blind snake recorded across southern Australia.
Non-venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Demansia cyanochasma
Desert Whip Snake is a venomous central Australian species ranging from southeastern inland Western Australia through South Australia and central/southern Northern Territory to south-western Queensland. It is bluish-grey to brown, with a cream-edged dark line across the snout.
Venomous
Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Drysdalia mastersii
A small venomous snake recorded from South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.
Venomous
Photo: Lawrence Hylton · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Suta suta
A live-bearing Australian snake with brown to reddish-brown colouring, variable dark-edged scales and a darker head and nape.
Venomous
Photo: Alan Bell · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Pseudonaja ingrami
A large dangerously venomous brown-snake relative of western Queensland and the Barkly.
Dangerously venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Pseudonaja nuchalis
A dangerously venomous brown snake of tropical northern Australia.
Dangerously venomous
Photo: Lachlan Copeland · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Licence)
Homalopsidae
Fordonia leucobalia
A coastal northern Australian water snake with glossy dark upperparts, pale underside and irregular spots.
Probably weakly venomous (rear-fanged)
Elapidae
Vermicella intermedia
A black-and-white banded burrowing snake recorded in the Kimberley and northern Northern Territory.
Venomous
Photo: Donna Belder · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Elapognathus coronatus
A small live-bearing snake of coastal southern and south-western Western Australia.
Venomous
Photo: Em Lamond · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Aipysurus pooleorum
The Shark Bay Sea Snake is a marine species centred on Shark Bay and the mid-western Western Australian coast. AROD also records occasional strays as far south as Perth.
Venomous; AROD describes it as dangerously venomous.
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Brachyurophis fasciolatus
A small burrowing snake with narrow dark bands across a pale body. Red and black flecks occur between the bands.
Venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios obtusifrons
A slender blind snake known from the coast between Kalbarri and Gregory in Western Australia.
Non-venomous
Elapidae
Simoselaps minimus
A Western Australian burrowing snake with a pale-brown back, separate dark head and neck patches, and a cream underside.
Venomous
Elapidae
Vermicella multifasciata
A slender banded snake of the Northern Territory and Western Australia with more than 75 black bands on the body and tail.
Venomous
Elapidae
Vermicella snelli
A slender bandy-bandy from parts of northern Western Australia, including the Pilbara.
Venomous
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Rhinoplocephalus bicolor
A small live-bearing snake from south-western Western Australia, often associated with shelter near swamps.
Venomous
Homalopsidae
Myron resetari
A small mangrove snake known from the Broome type locality, with a potentially wider range.
Venom status is not established in the checked species sources.
Elapidae
Narophis bimaculatus
A very slender burrowing snake of Western Australia and South Australia.
Venomous
Photo: Jiro Iguchi · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Hydrophis major
A large, relatively heavy-bodied sea snake of northern Australian waters.
Venomous
Homalopsidae
Myron richardsonii
A small grey-brown mangrove snake with pale flecking, found in coastal and tidal waters of northern Australia and New Guinea. Its Australian range remains unresolved between the checked sources.
Weakly venomous
Elapidae
Demansia simplex
A relatively robust Kimberley whipsnake that is often lightly patterned.
Venomous
Elapidae
Demansia shinei
A venomous whipsnake of northern central Australia.
Venomous.
Elapidae
Demansia angusticeps
A small tropical whipsnake of the southern Kimberley and Victoria River region.
Venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Brachyurophis roperi
A small banded snake recorded across the Kimberley and Top End, with a qualified north-west Queensland record.
Venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Demansia rimicola
A brown-grey whipsnake with fine pale and dark lines along its sides. It inhabits cracking-clay country across parts of northern and inland eastern Australia.
Venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Demansia papuensis
A large, slender whipsnake that is dark grey, brown or black above and often becomes redder toward the rear. Its tropical northern range runs from the Kimberley to Cape York and inland Queensland.
Venomous
Photo: Belinda Forbes · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Demansia calodera
A small olive-brown to brown whipsnake with a pale-edged dark collar and obscure spots. The current diagnosis supports Western Australia; AROD also lists NT without a precise locality, so the range remains partial.
Venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Demansia vestigiata
Lesser Black Whip Snake is recorded from eastern Queensland to the eastern Kimberley in Western Australia, with Northern Territory records. It is dark grey to brown or black above and may become redder toward the rear; the head is often tan.
Venomous
Elapidae
Demansia rufescens
Rufous Whip Snake is a Western Australian species of the Pilbara and nearby islands. It is reddish to coppery brown above, with a grey head and neck and no dark nape band.
Venomous
Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 1.0 (Licence)
Homalopsidae
Cerberus australis
Bockadam is a northern Australian water snake recorded from coastal Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Revised accounts describe variable grey to red colouration, with plain or partly patterned forms and a possible stripe behind the eye.
Weakly venomous (rear-fanged)
Photo: dhfischer · CC BY 4.0 (Licence)
Elapidae
Brachyurophis approximans
North-western Shovel-nosed Snake is recorded in north-western Western Australia, from Port Hedland through the Pilbara and Gascoyne to south of Shark Bay. It has a reddish-brown body with broad dark bands.
Venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios zonula
A small blind snake recorded from Storr and Augustus islands in Western Australia. It has a slender body, blunt snout and no tail spine.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios leptosoma
A slender Murchison blind snake from mid-western Western Australia, with an angular snout in profile, a weakly trilobed snout from above and a terminal tail spine.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios troglodytes
Sandamara Blind Snake is recorded in northern Western Australia, including Tunnel Cave in the Napier Range. It is a very slender blind snake with a flat head and white snout.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios micromma
Small-eyed Blind Snake is recorded in Western Australia, including the Leopold Downs type locality. It is a slender, short-snouted blind snake with very small eyes.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios howi
How’s Blind Snake is recorded in Western Australia, including the Walsh Point type locality. It is a dark, moderately slender blind snake with a rounded snout.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios ganei
Gane’s Blind Snake is recorded in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, including Cathedral Gorge near Newman. It is an elongate, moderately stout blind snake with a bluntly rounded snout.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios ammodytes
Pilbara Blind Snake is recorded in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, including the Montebello Islands type locality. It is a small, pale, slender blind snake with a rounded snout.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios kimberleyensis
A slender blind snake of the Kimberley and adjacent Northern Territory, with a flat head and rounded snout.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios guentheri
A slender blind snake with a dark tail, recorded in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Non-venomous
Elapidae
Aipysurus fuscus
A dark sea snake associated with a small group of reefs and shoals off north-western Australia. Some previously occupied reefs have had no recent detections in the cited assessment.
Dangerously venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios yampiensis
The Yampi Blind Snake is a tiny, poorly known Western Australian blind snake known from Koolan Island in the north-west Kimberley.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios unguirostris
The Claw-snouted Blind Snake is a moderately slender blind snake recorded across northern and central parts of Australia. Its specialist diagnosis refers to a cutting edge at the tip of the snout.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios systenos
The Sharp-snouted Blind Snake is a slender, pale blind snake known from Western Australia around the Geraldton region and Mullewa.
Non-venomous
Typhlopidae
Anilios diversus
The Northern Blind Snake is a small, pale blind snake recorded from northern Australia, including the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
Non-venomous
