Photo of a White-lipped Snake (Drysdalia coronoides)
Photo: Reiner Richter, CC BY-NC-SA, via iNaturalist

White-lipped Snake

Drysdalia coronoides

Venom
Venomous
Constrictor
Not documented
Type
Elapid
Family
Elapidae
Genus
Drysdalia
Continents
Oceania
Countries
1
How common
Common

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About

White-lipped Snake (Drysdalia coronoides) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in Australia. It lives in habitats such as temperate rainforest, subtropical forest, broadleaf forest, eucalyptus forest and 13 more. Common: recorded in 277 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

Related snakes

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