Snakes in New South Wales (NSW)

New South Wales has several venomous snakes, with three of the most dangerous ones deemed the world’s deadliest – the coastal taipan, the eastern brown snake, and the tiger snake. The coastal taipan inhabits north-eastern New South Wales, while the eastern brown snake dwells in the central southern part of the state.

Like most other regions, snake season in New South Wales occurs when it is warm in summer and autumn.

Of the biggest snakes living here, a giant mulga or king brown snake named Titan deserves special mention. It has made the Australian Reptile Park, located on NSW’s central coast, its home, measuring around 8-9.5 feet.

Groups	Venomous	Non-venomous
Copperheads	Lowland Copperhead	–
Whipsnakes	Yellow-faced Whipsnake Little Whip Snake	–
Adders	Common Death Adder Desert Death Adder Mud Adder	–
Pseudonaja	Eastern Brown Snake Western Brown Snake	–
Hoplocephalus	Stephen’s Banded Snake Broad-headed Swamp Snake
Notechis	Tiger Snake	–
Oxyuranus	Coastal Taipan	–
Brachyurophis	Narrow-banded Shovel-nosed Snake	–
Furina	Red-naped Snake	–
Pseudechis	Mulga Snake Red-bellied Black Snake Blue-bellied Black Snake	–
Drysdalia	White-lipped Snake	–
Vermicella	Bandy-bandy	–
Morelia	–	Carpet Python Diamond Python
Tropidechis	Rough-scaled Snake	–
Suta	Dwyer’s Snake	–
Hemiaspis	Black-bellied Swamp Snake	–
Boiga	Brown Tree Snake	–
Cerberus	New Guinea Bockadam	–
Anilios	–	Small-headed  Blind Snake Batillus  Blind Snake Dark-spined Blind Snake Prong-snouted Blind Snake Interior Blind Snake Brown-snouted Blind Snake
Cacophis	Golden-crowned Snake Dwarf-crowned Snake White-crowned Snake	–
Aspidites	–	Woma Python
Antaresia	–	Spotted Python Stimsons Python
Dendrelaphis	–	Australian Tree Snake (Green Tree Snake)

Snakes by Regions

Snakes in Northern New South Wales (Northern River Region): Eastern Brown Snake, Bandi-bandi,  Australian Tree Snake

Snakes in Southern New South Wales (South Coast Region): Common Death Adder, Lowland Copperhead, White-lipped Snake