Can You Identify These Australian Snakes?

By: Khadija Leon
Estimated Completion Time
5 min
Can You Identify These Australian Snakes?
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About This Quiz

Australia is notorious for being the home of some of the most deadly snakes on earth, and while it may be true, fatalities are not as common as you think because antivenom for these bites is widely available around the country. 

Although many would like to believe that they are confined to the desert and jungle regions of the country, snake sightings are quite common even near large cities and homes in the suburbs, usually around where their main source of food can be found. Snakes like the eastern brown snake, the inland taipan, the common death adder, the red-bellied black snake, the mulga snake, the lowland copperhead, and the small-eyed snake are all well-known because of their deadliness, but what about the others? 

There are approximately 160 snake species found on the continent and its neighboring islands, but how well do you know them? If you were given images of some of these creatures, would you be able to correctly identify them? There is only one way to find out if you are an Australian snake expert and that is by taking this quiz.

Inland taipan
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This snake's venom is able to kill 100 fully grown adults. What is its name?
Cottonmouth
Inland taipan
Jameson's mamba
Reticulated python
Common tree snake
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Which of the following is the name of the non-venomous snake?
Atlantic bushmaster
Rinkhals
Common tree snake
Green anaconda
Mainland tiger snake
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One of these snakes can be found in the southern region of Australia. What is it called?
Mainland tiger snake
Eyelash viper
Russell's viper
Black mamba

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Rough-scaled snake
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The snake shown in this image is known for its crossband pattern. What is it called?
Copperhead
Western green mamba
Rattlesnake
Rough-scaled snake
Eastern brown snake
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One of these Australian snakes is one of the deadliest in the world. What is it called?
Pigmy rattlesnake
Eastern brown snake
Cape cobra
Texas coral snake
Collett's snake
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____________________ is also known by the name Down's tiger snake.
Mottled rock rattlesnake
Dugite
Collett's snake
Gaboon viper

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Mulga snake
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The snake seen in the image was first described in 1842. What is it called?
Mulga snake
Common lancehead
Fea's viper
Belcher sea snake
Yellow-bellied sea snake
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Which of these snakes is also referred to as the pelagic sea snake?
Yellow-bellied sea snake
Malayan pit viper
Lowlands copperhead
Indigo snake
Woma python
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__________________ is also known as Ramsay's python.
Mamushi
Gray-banded kingsnake
Annulated sea snake
Woma python

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Coastal taipan
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What is the name of the snake which can be found in the northern and eastern parts of Australia, as well as the island of New Guinea?
Levantine viper
Coastal taipan
Western brown snake
Milk snake
Marsh snake
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This snake is also called the black-bellied swamp snake. What is its proper name?
Urutu
Speculated cobra
Marsh snake
Northern water snake
Western brown snake
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Which of these snakes is also known as 'guarder'?
Western brown snake
Common night adder
Death adder
Gopher snake

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Suta suta
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The snake in the image grows to a maximum length of 24 inches. What is it called?
Caspian cobra
Jararacussu
Suta suta
Redbelly snake
Beaked sea snake
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There is a snake in this list which is also referred to as the hook-nosed sea snake. Which one is it?
Indian krait
White-lipped pit viper
Beaked sea snake
Short-tailed snake
Children's python
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This snake was named after the zoologist who first described it. What is its name?
Boomslang
Children's python
Speckled brown snake
Mexican blackhead snake

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Broad-headed snake
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Which of these snakes can be found in New South Wales?
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
Broad-headed snake
Mohave rattlesnake
Butler's garter snake
White-lipped snake
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One of these snakes can be found near the cold regions of Mount Kosciuszko. What is it called?
Sharp nosed viper
Black mamba
Eastern coral snake
White-lipped snake
Common death adder
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Which of these snakes is one of the most venomous in the country?
Common death adder
Elegant sea snake
Olive brown sea snake
Yellow-belly sea snake

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Black-headed python
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__________________ is the name of the snake which can grow to 11 feet long?
Copperhead
Common European adder
Cottonmouth
Black-headed python
Olive python
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What is the name of the snake which waits near trails to ambush its prey?
Wagler's pit viper
Olive python
Chinese cobra
Red diamond rattlesnake
Lowland copperhead
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This snake has a potent neurotoxin in its venom. What is it called?
Sidewinder rattlesnake
Indochinese spitting cobra
Lowland copperhead
Red diamond rattlesnake

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Yellow-faced whip snake
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Which one of these snakes comes from one of the most venomous snake families in the world?
Yellow-faced whip snake
Central African gaboon viper
Indian krait
Rodgenose rattlesnake
Red-bellied black snake
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One of these snakes was first described by George Shae in 1794. What is it called?
Puff viper
Mocled cobra
Pigmy rattlesnake
Red-bellied black snake
Carpet python
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What is the name of the snake which is also known as the diamond python?
Jararaca
Forest cobra
Carpet python
Massasauga

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Brown tree snake
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____________________ is native to the coastal regions of Australia.
Small scaled burrowing asp
Tiger rattlesnake
Northern copperhead
Brown tree snake
Bandy-bandy
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Which of these snakes is named because it has alternating black and white bands on its body?
Bandy-bandy
Timber rattlesnake
Saw-scaled viper
Eastern garter snake
Dugite
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Which of these snakes has one of the most lethal venoms in the world?
Banded krait
Northern Philippine cobra
Dugite
Shorthead garter snake

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Spotted mulga snake
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The snake shown here comes from the Pseudechis genus. What is it called?
Eastern green mamba
Spotted mulga snake
Black-banded sea krait
Northern ring-necked snake
Coastal carpet python
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Which of these snakes is also known as the McDowell's carpet python?
Horned viper
Mainland tiger snake
Eastern milksnake
Coastal carpet python
Southern dwarf crowned snake
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Only one of these snakes was named after the naturalist Gerald Krefft. Which one is it?
Southern dwarf crowned snake
Mexican west coast rattlesnake
Beaked sea snake
Smooth greensnake

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Blue-bellied black snake
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What is the snake which is also referred to as the spotted black snake?
Red-bellied black snake
Coastal taipan
Blue-bellied black snake
Eastern hog-nosed snake
Red-naped snake
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Which of these snakes feeds daily on a small reptile called skink?
Taiwanese krait
Red-naped snake
Collett's snake
Northern water snake
Oenpelli python
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___________________ is the name of the snake which is endemic to the Arnhem land region?
Mulga snake
Yellowbelly sea snake
Northern black racer
Oenpelli python

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Bardick
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What is the name of this venomous snake?
Clarence river snake
Dubois sea snake
Queensnake
Bardick
Golden-crowned snake
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One of these snakes rears into an S shape when it feels threatened. What is it called?
Blue-bellied black snake
Golden-crowned snake
Eastern brown snake
Northern brown snake
Stimson's python
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This snake is commonly kept as a pet. Do you know what it is called?
Stimson's python
Black-necked spitting cobra
Inland taipan
Eastern wormsnake

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Narrow-banded burrowing snake
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Which of these snakes is also called the narrow banded shovel-nosed snake?
Kirtland's snake
Stephen's banded snake
Narrow-banded burrowing snake
Rinkhals
Grey snake
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The snake in the image can be found in New South Wales and Queensland. What is its name?
Eastern coralsnake
Grey snake
Death adder
Mountain earth snake
Little whip snake
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What is the name of the snake which grows to 20 inches in length?
Congo water cobra
Western brown snake
Eastern smooth snake
Little whip snake

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Speckled brown snake
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Which of these snakes was first described in 1926?
Speckled brown snake
King cobra
Fea's viper
Mojave rattlesnake