Taipan Snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.

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TaipanOxyuranus scutellatus Description: Generally uniformly olive or dark brown, with a somewhat darker brown head. Characteristics: Considered one of the most deadly snakes. It has an aggressive disposition. When aroused, it can display a fearsome appearance by flattening its head, raising it off the ground, waving it back and forth, and suddenly striking with such…

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Australian Copperhead Snake – how to identify, avoid their habitat, and treatment for their bite.

Lowland copperhead in Mullawallah Wetland (formerly Winter Swamp) Ballarat, Victoria

Australian copperhead or Denisonia superba Austrelaps is a genus of venomous elapid snakes native to the relatively fertile, temperate, southern and eastern part of the Australian continent. Three species are currently recognized, with no subspecies. They are commonly called copperheads or Australian copperheads. They are not closely related to the American copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix. Common…

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