Snakes in Queensland

Queensland has over 120 snake species, many of which are venomous. Two of the world’s deadliest snakes, the inland taipan and coastal taipan, inhabit here, the former in the semi-arid regions and the latter in the forested areas and coastal heaths. The scrub python occupying different parts of Australia, including north Queensland, is the state’s largest.

Groups	Venomous	Non-venomous
Adders	Common Death Adder	–
Oxyuranus	Coastal Taipan Inland Taipan	–
Notechis	Tiger Snake	–
Pseudonaja	Eastern Brown Snake	–
Pseudechis	Blue-bellied Black Snake Red-bellied Black Snake	–
Brachyurophis	Australian Coral Snake Southern Shovel-nosed Snake
Tropidechis	Rough-scaled Snake	–
Tropidonophis	–	Mair’s Keelback
Cryptophis	Eastern Small-eyed Snake Carpentaria Snake	–
Demansia	Yellow-faced Whipsnake Lesser Black Whipsnake Collared Whipsnake	–
Dendrelaphis	–	Australian Tree Snake (Green Tree Snake/ Common Tree Snake)
Furina	Red-naped Snake Dunmall’s Snake	–
Hoplocephalus	Stephen’s Banded Snake Pale-headed Snake	–
Cacophis	White-crowned Snake Golden-crowned Snake Dwarf Crowned Snake
Hemiaspis	Black-bellied Swamp Snake Gray Snake
Boiga	Brown Tree Snake
Vermicella	Bandy-bandy
Morelia	–	Carpet Python
Antaresia	–	Spotted Python
Simalia	–	Scrub Python

Snakes by Regions

Snakes in Northern Queensland: Brown Tree Snake, Coastal Taipan

Snakes in Southern Queensland: Coastal Taipan, Common Death Adder, Eastern Brown Snake

Snakes in Central Queensland: Lesser Whipsnake