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Ingram's brown snake

Ingram's brown snake (Pseudonaja ingrami)
Lorna Downs Station, Queensland
Photo © Rob Valentic
Pseudonaja ingrami - (Boulenger, 1908)
Pronunciation  SUE-doh-NAY-ah   INN-gram-ee
Etymology  Pseudonaja: 'false Naja', after a genus of cobra.
ingrami: after Collingwood Ingram, a British ornithologist.1
Other names  Diemenia ingrami 
 
Total length
Species avg: 180 cm
Reproduction
Oviparous
Clutch size
Average: 15
Length and clutch size information comes from a variety of sources, but primarily from Shine (1991) and Cogger (2000).
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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.

Similar species

Shield-snouted brown snake (Pseudonaja aspidorhyncha) - has a large, strap-like rostral scale2.
Speckled brown snake (Pseudonaja guttata) - has 19 or 21 midbody scale rows (versus 17).
Western brown snake (Pseudonaja mengdeni) - has black mouth lining (versus bluish black or blue-grey).
Northern brown snake (Pseudonaja nuchalis) - has a large, strap-like rostral scale2.
Eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) - has pinkish mouth-lining.

Scale count information


Dorsal scales at midbody   17
Ventrals   190 to 223 with a divided anal scale
Subcaudals   55 to 70 and are divided
Other scale information   Scales are smooth. Seven lower labial scales.
Danger rating   Dangerously venomous.
Note: even a bite from a 'virtually harmless' or non-venomous reptile can result in serious complications. Play it safe and don't get bitten by anything.
Notes and disclaimer
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