Brown snakes
Pseudonaja - Günther, 1858

Pronunciation:	SUE-doh-NAY-ah
Etymology:	'false Naja', after a genus of cobra.
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Statistics:	Reproductive modes: Oviparous - 9 out of 9 Australian species Size range: Smallest Australian species: ringed brown snake (Pseudonaja modesta) at 60 cm  Longest Australian species: dugite (Pseudonaja affinis) at up to 200 cm
Number of Australian species:	9
	Boxer Island, Western Australia Photo © Rob Valentic Pseudonaja affinis Dugite Year described Günther 1872 Description Quilpie, Queensland Photo © Rob Valentic Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha Shield-snouted brown snake Year described (McCoy 1879) Description Strap-like rostral scale giving the snout a chisel-like shape when viewed from above.1 - Skinner, Adam (2009). A multivariate morphometric analysis and systematic review of Pseudonaja (Serpentes, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 155:171-197. Whitish to pale grey mouth lining.1 - Skinner, Adam (2009). A multivariate morphometric analysis and systematic review of Pseudonaja (Serpentes, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 155:171-197. Windorah, Queensland Photo © David Fischer Pseudonaja guttata Speckled brown snake Year described (Parker 1926) Description Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Photo © Rob Valentic Pseudonaja inframacula Peninsula brown snake Year described (Waite 1925) Description Lorna Downs Station, Queensland Photo © Rob Valentic Pseudonaja ingrami Ingram's brown snake Year described (Boulenger 1908) Description Light to dark brown, black or reddish-brown above, usually with darker flecks on scale edges. Head and neck sometimes darker than body; belly colouration variable, but generally pale to yellow and with a paired series of orange dots anteriorly. Mouth-lining is bluish grey to black. Iris is dark. Seven lower labial scales. Leinster, Western Australia Photo © Jordan Vos Pseudonaja mengdeni Western brown snake Year described Wells & Wellington 1985 Description General occurs in one of two colour forms: orange with black head, or 'pale head, grey nape'.1 - Skinner, Adam (2009). A multivariate morphometric analysis and systematic review of Pseudonaja (Serpentes, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 155:171-197. Hamelin Pool, Western Australia Photo © David Fischer Pseudonaja modesta Ringed brown snake Year described (Günther 1872) Description Juvenile animal - Katherine, Northern Territory Photo © Stewart Macdonald Pseudonaja nuchalis Northern brown snake Year described Günther 1858 Description Ipswich, Queensland Photo © Stewart Macdonald Pseudonaja textilis Eastern brown snake Year described (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril 1854) Description

1. Skinner, Adam (2009). A multivariate morphometric analysis and systematic review of Pseudonaja (Serpentes, Elapidae, Hydrophiinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 155:171-197.