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
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://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.
