THE REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS OF AUSTRALIA - ELAPIDS

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EASTERN TIGER SNAKE
or
Mainland Tiger Snake
Notechis scutatus scutatus (was N. scutata)
 Includes information about BLACK & other TIGER SNAKES
(Black Tiger Snakes were previously known as subspecies of Notechis ater)
Dangerously Venomous

Banded Phase Eastern Tiger Snakes (Notechis scutatus scutatus)




Approximate distribution of the Eastern Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus scutatus) is coloured orange in the map above


RECOGNISED SUBSPECIES OF TIGER SNAKES ARE LISTED BELOW

COMMON NAME
(INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME

DISTRIBUTION

Western Tiger Snake

Now called Notechis scutatus occidentalis (was Notechis ater occidentalis)

WA (Dark Green)

Eastern or Mainland Tiger Snake

Now called Notechis scutatus scutatus

NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic, Tas (Orange)


RACES OF TIGER SNAKES (Notechis scutatus)
Subspecies scientific names listed below are no longer recognised by most people) however the common names are still in use

COMMON NAME
(INTERNAL LINK)

SCIENTIFIC NAME
(not usually recognised)

DISTRIBUTION

Krefft's Black Tiger Snake
(Status uncertain)

Now called Notechis scutatus ater
(was Notechis ater ater)
(Status uncertain)

SA (Southern Flinders Ranges) (Purple)

Tasmanian Tiger Snake
(Status uncertain)

Now called Notechis scutatus humphreysi
(was Notechis ater humphreysi) (Status uncertain)

Tas (Yellow)

Peninsula Black Tiger Snake
(Status uncertain)

Now called Notechis scutatus niger
(was Notechis ater niger) (Status uncertain)

SA (Blue)

Chappell Island Tiger Snake

(Status uncertain)

Now called Notechis scutatus serventyi (was Notechis ater serventyi)
(Status uncertain)

Tas (Offshore Islands) (Red)


 TIGER SNAKE - Notechis scutata scutatus ater
Banded Phase Eastern Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus scutatus) from Lake George, NSW

TIGER SNAKE - Notechis scutata scutatus ater.
Eastern Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus scutatus) - locality unknown.


TIGER SNAKE - Notechis scutata scutatus ater
Baby Eastern Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus scutatus)



This Baby Eastern Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus scutatus) was photographed basking on this plant on Mornington Peninsula, Victoria


TIGER SNAKE - Notechis scutata scutatus ater
This picture shows an amelanistic and a hypo-melanistic Eastern Tiger Snakes (Notechis scutatus scutatus). Both were wild caught.
Photo taken at Oasis Reptile Park (now closed), Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.

Venomous snakes do not always inject venom when biting, those bites are called dry bites, however due to the extremely high toxicity of the venom of this species, it is vital that first aid is performed immediately (constrictive bandage etc.) and the patient is taken as fast as possible to hospital. Lack of symptoms may not mean that the victim has not been envenomated.

Correct and immediate first aid and treatment for this species and other dangerous snakes increases the chance of survival.

Although people are commonly bitten by dangerous snakes in Australia, the actual number of deaths is actually very low, due to antivenines and medical procedures.


Click here to see photos of Eastern Tiger Snakes (Notechis scutatus scutatus) at Flickr

Click here to see photos of Eastern Tiger Snakes (Notechis scutatus scutatus) at flickr


LINKS OF INTEREST

Tiger Snake (Notechis scutatus) - Complex

Tiger Snake
The Australian Museum

Notechis scutatus (PETERS, 1861)
Reptile Database

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Elapids

ElapidsSNAKES OF THE WORLD

Elapids
of
The World

Elapids
of
Australia

Snakes
of
The World

AUSTRALIAN ELAPID SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY



Elapids of South Australia

ELAPID SNAKES OF NSW

Qld ELAPID SNAKES - Elapidae Cobras Coral Snakes

NT ELAPID SNAKES - Elapidae Cobras Coral Snakes

WA ELAPID SNAKES - Elapidae Cobras Coral Snakes

ELAPID SNAKES OF VICTORIA

Elapids of ACT

ELAPIDS OF TASMANIA

Elapids
of South
Australia

Elapids
of
NSW

Elapids
of
Qld

Elapids
of
NT

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of
WA

Elapids
of
Victoria

Elapids
of
ACT

Elapids
of
Tasmania

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE SPECIES LISTS BY STATE OR TERRITORY

Reptiles of South Australia
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NT

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