Nick Volpe
Speckled Brown Snake (Pseudonaja guttata)
This is one of the prettiest of Australia's nine brown snake species and is restricted to the barren black-soil plains of the Northern Territory and Queensland. They actively hunt these desolate landscapes during the morning and afternoon, navigating the deep cracks as they search for their lizard prey.
On a recent trip to the Barkly Tablelands we saw a half a dozen of these snakes in their two colour variations of speckled and banded, with this one allowing me to lay in front of its path for a photo.
Speckled Brown Snake (Pseudonaja guttata)
This is one of the prettiest of Australia's nine brown snake species and is restricted to the barren black-soil plains of the Northern Territory and Queensland. They actively hunt these desolate landscapes during the morning and afternoon, navigating the deep cracks as they search for their lizard prey.
On a recent trip to the Barkly Tablelands we saw a half a dozen of these snakes in their two colour variations of speckled and banded, with this one allowing me to lay in front of its path for a photo.