Eastern Brown Snake

A kind of very venomous snake in the family Elapidae is the eastern brown snake, sometimes known as the common brown snake. The native range of the species includes southern New Guinea, and eastern and central Australia. In 1854, André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron, and Auguste Duméril published the first account of it.

The adult eastern brown snake is thinly built and can reach a length of 2 m (7 ft). Its underside has a light cream-yellow color that is frequently speckled with orange or grey. Its surface varies in color from pale brown to black. The eastern brown snake can be found in most settings, with the exception of deep woods. It is frequently seen on farms and on the outskirts of cities because house mice, its primary prey, live there. It is an oviparous species. Although its status in New Guinea is unclear, the International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the snake as a species of least concern.

Due to the severity of its venom, the eastern brown snake is ranked as the second most venomous terrestrial snake. The majority of snakebite fatalities in the area are caused by this snake, which is found in Australia. This is because only 3 mg of its venom is needed to kill a typical human, but it also has to do with where this snake lives. It prefers to hunt in populous locations, thus it encounters people more frequently than it ought to!

Although the eastern brown snake's size influences how much venom it injects, a juvenile bite is nonetheless just as lethal. The venom of eastern brown snakes primarily targets coagulation factors in the body, changing how readily your blood clots. It is recommended to handle this swift snake with caution because internal hemorrhage and cardiac collapse are frequent causes of death.