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

Famous quotes containing the words brown and/or snake:

    “Oh you brown bacon machine,
    how sweet you lie,
    gaining a pound and a half a day,
    you rolled-up pair of socks,
    you dog’s nightmare....”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “People can be as greedy as a snake trying to swallow an elephant.”
    —Chinese proverb.