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A Listing of Australian Elapid Snakes
Distribution Key
SERPENTES(SNAKES)
FamilyElapidae (Elapid Snakes)
If only maps are available, the locality will be highlighted. Otherwise, click on the common name.
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution |
| Acanthophis antarcticus | *Common Death Adder | NSW,NT?,Qld,SA,Vic?,WA |
| Acanthophis hawkei (previously A.antarcticus) | * Barkly Tableland Death Adder | NT,Qld |
| Acanthophis rugosus (previously A.antarcticus or praelongis?) | * Rough-scaled Death Adder | NT,Qld,WA |
| Acanthophis wellsi (previously A.antarcticus) | * Pilbara Death Adder | WA, NT? |
| Acanthophis praelongus | Northern Death Adder | NT,Qld,WA |
| Acanthophis pyrrhus | Desert Death Adder | NT,Qld,SA,WA |
| Austrelaps labialis | Pigmy Copperhead | SA |
| Austrelaps ramsayi | Highlands Copperhead | NSW,Vic |
| Austrelaps superbus | Lowlands copperhead | NSW,SA,Tas,Vic |
| Cacophis churchilli | Northern Dwarf Crowned Snake | Qld |
| Cacophis harriettae | White-Crowned Snake | NSW,Qld |
| Cacophis krefftii | Dwarf Crowned Snake | NSW,Qld |
| Cacophis squamulosus | Golden Crowned Snake | NSW,Qld |
| Demansia atra | Lesser Black Whip Snake | NT,Qld,WA |
| Demansia calodera | Black-Necked Whipsnake | WA |
| Demansia olivacea | Olive Whip Snake | NT,Qld,WA |
| Demansia papuensis | Greater Black (Papuan)Whip Snake | NT,Qld,WA |
| Demansia psammmophis | Yellow-Faced Whipsnake | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic,WA |
| Demansia reticulata | Desert Whipsnake | SA |
| Demansia simplex | Grey Whip Snake | NT,WA |
| Demansia torquata | Collared Whip Snake | NSW,NT,Qld,SA(?) |
| Denisonia devisii | De Vis Banded Snake | NSW,Qld |
| Denisonia maculata | Ornamental Snake | Qld |
| Drysdalia (Elapognaphus) coronata | Crowned Snake | WA |
| Drysdalia (Elapognaphus) coronoides | White-Lipped Snake | NSW,SA,Tas,Vic |
| Drysdalia (Elapognaphus) mastersi | Masters' Snake | NSW(?),SA,Vic,WA |
| Drysdalia (Elapognaphus) rhodogaster | Mustard Bellied Snake | NSW |
| Echiopsis atriceps | Lake Cronin Snake | WA |
| Echiopsis curta | Bardick | NSW,SA,Vic,WA |
| Elapognathus minor | Little Brown Snake | WA |
| Furina diadema | Red-naped Snake | NSW,Qld,SA,Vic |
| Furina ornata | *Orange-naped Snake | NT,Qld,SA,WA |
| Glyphodon barnardi | Yellow-naped Snake | Qld |
| Glyphodon dunmalli | Dunmall's Snake | Qld |
| Glyphodon tristis | Brown-headed Snake | Qld |
| Hemiaspis damelii | Grey Snake | NSW,Qld |
| Hemiaspis signata | Black-bellied Swamp or Marsh Snake | NSW,Qld |
| Hoplocephala bitorquata | Pale-headed Snake | NSW,Qld |
| Hoplocephala bungaroides | Broad-headed Snake | NSW |
| Hoplocephala stephensi | Stephens' Banded Snake | NSW,Qld |
| Notechis ater ater (or Notechis scutatus sp) | Krefft's Black Tiger Snake | SA |
| Notechis ater humphreysi (or Notechis scutatus sp) | Tasmanian Tiger Snake | Tas |
| Notechis ater niger (or Notechis scutatus sp) | Peninsula Black Tiger Snake | SA |
| Notechis ater serventyi (or Notechis scutatus sp) | Chappel Island Tiger Snake | Tas (Offshore Islands) |
| Notechis scutatus occidentalis | Western Tiger Snake | WA |
| Notechis scutatus scutatus | *Eastern or Mainland Tiger Snake | NSW,Qld,SA,Vic |
| Oxyuranus microlepidotus | *Inland Taipan or Feirce Snake | NSW, Qld, SA,Vic(?) NT? |
| Oxyuranus scutellatus | Coastal Taipan | NSW,NT,Qld,WA |
| Oxyuranus temporalis | *Western Desert or Central Ranges Taipan | WA, SA? NT? |
| Pseudechis australis | King Brown or Mulga Snake | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA |
| Pseudechis butleri | Butler's Snake | WA |
| Pseudechis colletti | Collett's Snake | Qld |
| Pseudechis guttatus | Blue-bellied or Spotted Black Snake | NSW,Qld |
| Pseudechis pailsei | *False King Brown Snake | Qld, NT, WA |
| Pseudechis porphyriacus | Red-bellied Black Snake | NSW,Qld,SA,Vic |
| Pseudonaja affinis | Dugite | SA,WA |
| Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha | *Western Brown Snake (Eastern Species) | SA, NSW? |
| Pseudonaja guttata | Speckled Brown Snake | NT,Qld,SA |
| Pseudonaja inframacula | Peninsula Brown Snake | SA,WA(?) |
| Pseudonaja ingrami | Ingram's Brown Snake | NT,Qld,WA |
| Pseudonaja mengdeni | Gwarder (Western Brown Snake) | SA,WA,NT |
| Pseudonaja modesta | *Ringed Brown Snake | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA |
| Pseudonaja nuchalis | *Western Brown Snake (Northern Species) | NT,Qld ? |
| Pseudonaja textilis | Common or Eastern Brown Snake | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic,WA |
| Rhinoplocephalus bicolor | Muller's Snake | WA |
| Rhinoplocephalus (Cryptophis) boschmai | *Carpentaria Whip Snake | Qld |
| Rhinoplocephalus (Cryptophis) nigrescens | Eastern Small-eyed Snake | NSW,Qld,Vic |
| Rhinoplocephalus (Cryptophis)nigrostriatus | Black-striped Snake | Qld |
| Rhinoplocephalus nullabor | Nullarbor Hooded Snake | SA,WA |
| Rhinoplocephalus (Cryptophis) pallidiceps | Northern (Western) Small-eyed Snake | NT,WA |
| Simoselaps anomalus | Northern Desert Banded Snake | NT,SA,WA |
| Simoselaps approximans | North-western Shovel-nosed Snake | WA |
| Simoselaps australis | Australian Coral Snake | NSW,Qld,SA,Vic |
| Simoselaps bertholdi | Desert Banded Snake | NT,SA,WA |
| Simoselaps bimaculata | Western Black-naped Snake | SA,WA |
| Simoselaps calonotus | Western Black-striped Snake | WA |
| Simoselaps fasciolata | Narrow-banded Burrowing Snake | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,WA |
| Simoselaps incinctus | Unbanded Shovel-nosed Snake | NT,Qld |
| Simoselaps littoralis | Coastal Burrowing Snake | WA |
| Simoselaps minima | Dampierland Burrowing Snake | WA |
| Simoselaps semifasciata | Half-girdled Snake | NT,Qld,SA,WA |
| Simoselaps roperi | Northern Shovel Nosed Snake | NT,Qld,SA,WA |
| Simoselaps semifasciatus | Half-girdled Snake | NT,Qld,SA,WA |
| Simoselaps warro | Robust Burrowing Snake | Qld |
| Simoselaps woodjonesii | Cape York Shovel-nosed Snake | Qld |
| Suta (Denisonia) fasciata | Rosen's Snake | WA |
| Suta (Rhinoplocephalus) flagellum | Little Whip Snake | NSW,SA,Vic |
| Suta (Rhinoplocephalus) gouldii | Black-headed Snake | WA |
| Suta (Rhinoplocephalus) monachus | Hooded Snake | NSW,NT,SA,WA |
| Suta (Rhinoplocephalus) nigriceps | Mallee Black-backed Snake | NSW,SA,Vic,WA |
| Suta (Denisonia) ordensis | Ord Curl Snake | NT(?),WA |
| Suta (Rhinoplocephalus) punctata | Little Spotted Snake | NT,Qld,WA |
| Suta (Rhinoplocephalus) spectabilis | Spectacled Hooded Snake | NSW,Qld,SA,Vic,WA |
| Suta (Rhinoplocephalus) dwyeri | Dwyer's Snake | NSW,Qld |
| Suta (Denisonia) suta | Myall or Curl Snake | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic,WA |
| Tropidechis carinatus | Rough-scaled Snake | NSW,Qld |
| Vermicella annulata | Bandy Bandy | NSW,NT,Qld,SA,Vic,WA |
| Vermicella multifasciata | Northern Bandy Bandy | NT,WA |
| CI = Christmas Island |
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NT = Northern Territory |
Qld = Queensland |
SA = South Australia |
Tas = Tasmania |
Vic = Victoria |
WA = Western Australia |
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