Dangerous Land Snakes of Queensland

Of Queensland’s 80 species of land snake, 20 are potentially dangerous to people. Potentially dangerous snakes are those capable of inflicting a fatal, or seriously damaging bite to humans.

Below is a list of the potentially dangerous land snakes of Queensland in decreasing order of potential danger.

Image	Common Name	Scientific Name	Bite
	Western Taipan	Oxyuranus microlepidotus	potentially fatal
	Coastal Taipan	Oxyuranus scutellatus	potentially fatal
	Tiger Snake	Notechis scutatus	potentially fatal
	Common or Eastern Brown Snake	Pseudonaja textilis	potentially fatal
	Mulga or King Brown Snake	Pseudechis australis	potentially fatal
	Papuan Black Snake	Pseudechis papuanus	potentially fatal
	Common Death Adder	Acanthophis antarcticus	potentially fatal
	Northern Death Adder	Acanthophis praelongus	potentially fatal
	Hawke's Death Adder	Acanthophis hawkei	potentially fatal
	Desert Death Adder	Acanthophis pyrrhus	potentially fatal
	Western Brown Snake	Pseudonaja nuchalis	potentially fatal
	Collett's Black Snake	Pseudechis colletti	potentially fatal
	Red-bellied Black Snake	Pseudechis porphyriacus	potentially fatal
	Spotted or Blue-bellied Black Snake	Pseudechis guttatus	potentially fatal
	Small-eyed Snake	Cryptophis nigrescens	potentially fatal
	Rough-scaled Snake	Tropidechis carinatus	potentially fatal
	Speckled Brown Snake	Pseudonaja guttata	potentially dangerous
	Papuan Whip Snake	Demansia papuensis	potentially dangerous
	Stephens' Banded Snake	Hoplocephalus stephensii	potentially dangerous
	Pale-headed Snake	Hoplocephalus bitorquatus	potentially dangerous