Tiger Snake

 The 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 (𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬) is a 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 and 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 of 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚, including its 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 and 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚. These snakes are often observed and 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 by their 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 and 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 like a 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫, although the species can be 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 in 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 are 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 the 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬 (𝐄𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞).

The 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 is typically about 𝟏.𝟐 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 . The 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 is 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 or 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭, which are 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞 to 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 in colour. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is 𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞-𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧, or 𝐣𝐞𝐭-𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤, and the 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 of the snake is 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 or 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞. Tiger snakes 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦 to 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲, and may also 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐞 an 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫; they are 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥 to 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬. 

Tiger snakes are usually 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, where they favour 𝐰𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬, 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐬, and 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬, or at 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 of 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 in 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬.Habitat providing an 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲 can 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. The 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬' 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 the 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 of 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 to 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚, 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚, and 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬. Its 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 the 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 of 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚.

While tiger snakes are usually 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝-𝐝𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, they are able to 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦 as well as 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛 into 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬 and 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬.