Tiliqua rugosa has a heavily armoured body and can be found in various colours, ranging from dark brown to cream. Individuals are known to live for 50 years in the wild.
It has a triangular head...
As their name suggests, these have a blue coloured tongue. Wikipedia says they have a habit of hissing and sticking out their tongue when disturbed, but I've never seen one do that, they usually either...
One of Australia's most well-known reptiles. They live in both native bushland and in and around populated areas, and they're diurnal (meaning they're active in the daytime and sleep in the night, the opposite of...
Its common names come from the large frill around its neck, which usually stays folded against the lizard's body....
(From Wikipedia): Death adders possess the longest fangs of any Australian snake. Unlike the common or European adder (Vipera berus), the common death adder is a member of the snake family Elapidae, rather than the...
These are often mistaken for small diamond pythons (diamond pythons are much more common)....
Stimson's Pythons can be found sometimes around cave entrances at dusk, waiting for bats to come out for the night, so they can eat them.
In 2009, four baby Stimson's pythons escaped on board a Qantas...
Their colour and appearence can vary widely, from completely black all over (these are found mostly in the very south of SA and islands of Bass Strait), to much lighter olive-yellow colours. They may have...
The venom of the inland taipan is the most toxic known for any terrestrial snake (non-sea-snake). Their head and neck colour changes from very dark to black in winter, and fading to a lighter yellowish...
From Wikipedia: The specific name, bredli, is in honor of Australian crocodile conservationist Josef "Joe" Bredl (1948–2007), father of "the barefoot bushman", Rob Bredl....
Prominent yellow blotches along its head and body. Many individuals exhibit much brighter yellow than the pictures here show. It's colouring helps camouflage it in the mottled light of the rainfirst canopies it lives in....
Can be bad-tempered if not treated right. From Wikipedia, "Liasis mackloti is a snake that is known and sold in the live exotic animal trade, or exotic pet trade, bringing it far beyond its native...
A friend in Queensland once had one of these fall down through a gap in the ceiling tiles. They have a repuation for being aggressive, though their venom is not one of the most toxic...
The Black-headed Python has a very disctinctive black head, neck and throat. The body and tail are cream, brown, or reddish-brown with darker bands....