#1763 · 🦎 reptiles

Tiger Snake

🇳🇱 Australische tijgerslang ·Notechis scutatus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Reiner Richter · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Giverny · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © David Vander Pluym · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © John Sullivan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © John Sullivan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. No 64 State Forest, Narrikup, WA, AU:© Dustyn and Catherine · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Penshurst VIC 3289, Australia:© demonrowe · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Wonnerup WA 6280, Australia:© chris_barnesoz · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Cole St, Braybrook, VIC, AU:© varanibae · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Walls of Jerusalem TAS 7304, Australia:© Bruce Deagle · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Tiger snakes are a type of venomous snake found in southern regions of Australia, including its coastal islands and Tasmania. These snakes are highly variable in their colour, often banded like those on a tiger, and forms in their regional occurrences. All populations are in the genus Notechis , and their diverse characters have been described in further subdivisions of this group; they are sometimes described as distinct species and/or subspecies.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,690iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,690 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Wilhelm Peters in 1861 (165 years ago).