Species profile—Pseudonaja nuchalis (western brown snake)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Pseudonaja nuchalis (western brown snake)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Pseudonaja nuchalis Günther, 1858
- Common name
- western brown snake
- Type reference
- Günther, A. (1858). Catalogue of Colubrine snakes of the British Museum. London, I-XVI, 1-281.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 34446
- Synonym(s)
- Pseudelaps bancrofti
Pseudonaja vanderstraateni
Pseudonaja jukesi
Pseudonaja imperitor - Alternate name(s)
- northern brown snake
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collared brown snake - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Venomous
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=34446
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
