Brown Snake

Brown snake is the common name given to a number of very different species of snakes:

  • The genus Pseudonaja, Australian brown snakes
  • The genus Storeria, North American brown snakes
  • The species Elapognathus minor, the Australian short-nosed, or little brown, snake
  • The species Pseudechis australis, the Australian mulga, or king brown, snake

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