The Eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) is a species of highly venomous snake native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It was first described by André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron, and Auguste Duméril in 1854. The Eastern brown...
The Brahminy blind snake (Indotyphlops braminus) is a nonvenomous blind snake species found mostly in Africa and Asia. It has also been introduced in many other parts of the world. They are completely fossorial (i.e., burrowing) animals, with habits...
The Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) is an arboreal rear-fanged colubrid snake native to Oceania. This snake is infamous for being an invasive species responsible for extirpating the majority of the native bird population in Guam. It is also one...
The Carpet python (Morelia spilota) is a large snake of the family Pythonidae. It is named for the beautiful markings on its skin, which resemble an oriental carpet pattern. This species is a popular pet among snake enthusiasts.
The Green tree python (Morelia viridis) is a nonvenomous snake native to New Guinea, some islands in Indonesia, and the Cape York Peninsula in Australia. First described by Hermann Schlegel in 1872, it was known for many years as Chondropython...
The Yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) is a venomous species of snake found in tropical oceanic waters around the world except for the Atlantic Ocean. It is one of the most widely distributed snakes in the world. Yellow-bellied sea snakes...
Hydrophis belcheri, commonly known as the faint-banded sea snake or Belcher's sea snake, is an extremely venomous species of elapid sea snake. It has a timid temperament and would normally have to be subjected to severe mistreatment before biting....
The Yellow-lipped sea krait (Laticauda colubrina) venomous sea snake found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceanic waters. This snake spends much of its time under water to hunt, but returns to land to digest, rest, and reproduce. Because of its affinity...
The Amethystine python (Simalia amethistina) is a species of nonvenomous snake. Popular among reptile enthusiasts, and noted for its coloration and size, the Amethystine python is one of the six largest snakes in the world, as measured either by...
The Common tree snake (Dendrelaphis punctulatus) is a species of slender non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to many parts of Australia.
The Bismarck ringed python (Bothrochilus boa ) is a species of snake in the genus Bothrochilus found on the islands of the Bismarck Archipelago. No subspecies are currently recognized.
The Olive sea snake (Aipysurus laevis) is a species of venomous sea snake found in shallow waters of the Indo-Pacific region. It is extensively adapted to a fully aquatic life and is unable to move on land. All sea snakes have paddle-like tails and...
Enhydrina schistosa, commonly known as the beaked sea snake, hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake, or the Valakadeyan sea snake, is a highly venomous species of sea snake common throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific. This species is implicated in...
The spotted python, eastern small-blotched python, or eastern children's python (Antaresia maculosa ) is a python species found in northern Australia and New Guinea. It is a popular pet among Australian reptile enthusiasts and other reptile...
Morelia spilota mcdowelli is a subspecies of Morelia spilota, commonly known as the carpet python, and is informally named the eastern, coastal, or McDowell's carpet python. The original description and name were published by Wells and Wellington in...
The water python (Liasis fuscus ) is a nonvenomous python species found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Simalia boeleni is a species of python, a nonvenomous snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is endemic to the mountains of New Guinea. No subspecies are currently recognized.
The blue-lipped sea krait, blue-banded sea krait, or common sea krait (Laticauda laticaudata ) is a species of venomous sea snake in the subfamily Laticaudinae, family Elapidae. It is found in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans.
Liasis mackloti is a species of python, a nonvenomous snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea, and coastal northern Australia. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the...
D'Albertis' python (Leiopython albertisii), also known commonly as D'Albert's water python or the northern white-lipped python, is a species of python, a non-venomous snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is endemic to New Guinea. There are no...
Hydrophis ornatus, commonly known as the ornate reef sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.
Stokes's sea snake (Hydrophis stokesii ) is a large species of sea snake in the family Elapidae. It is sometimes placed in its own genus Astrotia. The species is endemic to tropical Indo-Pacific oceanic waters.
Apodora papuana is a species of python, commonly known as the Papuan python, Irian python or Papuan olive python. It is found in New Guinea. It is the only species in the genus Apodora. No subspecies are currently recognized.
The northern death adder (Acanthophis praelongus ) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae.The northern death adder lives in Australia and Papua New Guinea. It hunts birds, amphibians, and small mammals both by day and night. Though it...
Aipysurus eydouxii, commonly known as the beaded sea snake, marbled seasnake, or spine-tailed seasnake, is a species of sea snake in the family Elapidae. This species of snake is unusual amongst sea snakes in that it feeds exclusively on fish eggs....
Hydrophis curtus, also known as Shaw's Sea Snake, short sea snake, but often includes Hydrophis hardwickii is a species of sea snake. Like all Hydrophiinae sea snakes, it is a viviparous, fully marine, and front fanged elapid that is highly...
Hydrelaps is a monotypic genus of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. The genus contains the sole species Hydrelaps darwiniensis, also commonly known as the black-ringed mangrove snake, the black-ringed sea snake, Darwin's sea snake, and the...
The spine-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis hardwickii ), also commonly known as Hardwicke's sea snake and Hardwicke's spine-bellied sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.
Salomonelaps (commonly known as Solomons coral snake) is a genus of snake in the family Elapidae that contains the sole species Salomonelaps par.It is found in the Solomon Islands.
Dendrelaphis calligastra, also called green tree snake and northern green tree snake is a colubrid snake native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia.It is a slender, large-eyed, nonvenomous, diurnal snake, which grows up to 1.2 m in length...
Leiopython fredparkeri, the Karimui Basin whitelip python or Karimui Basin white-lipped python, is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae. It is endemic to New Guinea. It was first described by Wulf Schleip in 2008.
Argyrophis diardii, known commonly as Diard's blind snake, the Indochinese blind snake, the large blind snake, or the large worm snake, is a species of harmless snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to South Asia and Southeast...
Parapistocalamus is a genus of venomous snake in the family Elapidae.
The graceful small-headed sea snake or slender sea snake (Hydrophis gracilis ) is a species of Elapidae (Hydrophiinae-sea snake). Microcephalophis gracilis is a synonym of the snake.
Aipysurus mosaicus is a species of snake found in coastal seas of Australia. It is commonly known as the mosaic sea snake.
The olive-headed sea snake (Hydrophis major ), also known as the greater sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.
The spotted sea snake (Hydrophis ocellatus ) is a species of marine snake native to the waters off northern Australia.
The Papuan pygmy mulga snake (Pseudechis rossignolii ) is a venomous snake of the family Elapidae native to New Guinea, genetically confirmed as a distinct species in 2017. It was originally described by Raymond Hoser in 2000 as Pailsus rossignolii,...
The Bismarck sharp-nosed blind snake (Acutotyphlops subocularis ) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family. It is found in the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.
The white-tailed blind snake (Anilios leucoproctus ) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.
The southern New Guinea blind snake (Ramphotyphlops bipartitus ) is a species of snake in the Typhlopidae family.
