Further Information

You can contact the Queensland Museum Inquiry Centre for further information on Queensland Snakes.

Selected References

There are a number of relevant fact sheets available on this site.

Dangerous Snakes of Queensland

Covacevich, J. 1999. Dangerous land snakes of Queensland. Reptiles 1. Queensland Museum Inquiry Centre Leaflet.

Cogger, H. G. 2000. Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia. (Reed New Holland/New Holland Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd.: Sydney).

Sutherland, S. K. & Tibballs, J. 2001. Australian Animal Toxins. The Creatures, their Toxins and Care of the Poisoned Patient. 2^nd edition. (Oxford University Press: South Melbourne).

Covacevich, J. & Wilson, S. 1995. Land Snakes. In Ryan, M. (Ed.), Wildlife of Greater Brisbane. (Queensland Museum: Brisbane).

Covacevich, J. 1994. Dandarabilla and Gunjjiwuru: the discovery of the Taipans, the world’s most dangerous snakes. in Pearn, J. (Ed), Some Milestones of Australian Medicine. (The Australian Medical Association and Amphion Press: Dept. of Child Health Publishing Unit, University of Queensland, Brisbane).

Trinca, J.C. 1969. Report of recovery from Taipan bite. Medical Journal of Australia 1:514-16

Covacevich, J. 1987. Two Taipans! In Covacevich, J., Davie, P. & Pearn, J. (Eds), Toxic Plants & Animals. A Guide for Australia. (Queensland Museum: Brisbane).

Covacevich, J., McDowell, S. B., Tanner, C. & Mengden, G. A. 1980. The relationship of the Taipan, Oxyuranus scutellatus, and the Small–scaled Snake, Oxyuranus microlepidotus (Serpentes: Elapidae). In Banks, C. B. & Martin, A. A.(Eds), Proceedings of the Melbourne Herpetological Symposium, 19-21, May, 1980. (The Zoological Board of Victoria: Melbourne).

Shine, R. & Covacevich, J. 1983. Ecology of highly venomous snakes: the Australian genus Oxyuranus (Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology. 17(1): 60-69

Worrell, E. 1963. Dangerous snakes of Australia and New Guinea. A handbook for bushmen, bushwalkers, mission workers, servicemen, boy scouts, new Australians, medical practitioners, and naturalists on the identification and venoms of Australian snakes, with directions for first aid treatment of snake–bite and the use of antivenene. (Angus & Robertson: Sydney).

Masci, P. & Kendall, P. 1995. Taipan. (Kangaroo Press Pty Ltd: Kenthurst, NSW).

Ingram, G. 1988. The "Australian" Cane Toad. In Pearn, J. & Covacevich, J. (Eds), Venoms and Victims. (Queensland Museum & Amphion Press: Brisbane).

Covacevich, J. & Archer, M. 1975. The distribution of the Cane Toad, Bufo marinus, in Australia and its effects on indigenous vertebrates. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17(2): 305-10.

Ingram, G. J. & Covacevich, J. 1990. Tropidonotus mairii vs Bufo marinus. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 29(2): 396.

Covacevich, J. A. & Couper, P. J. 1992. The Carpet Python, Morelia spilota (Lacépède), another unsuccessful predator of the Cane Toad, Bufo marinus (Linnaeus), in Australia. Greater Cincinnati Herpetological Society Contributions in Herpetology, 1992, 57-59.

Saving Human Lives

Covacevich, J. & Couper, P. 1999. Preserves of Nature: an argument for museum collections. Wildlife Australia 36(2): 12-18.