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QuestaGame, launched in 2014 in Canberra, Australia, is a mobile app game for photographing and identifying fauna, flora, and fungi. Sightings are verified by experts and gain points for players. The game leverages citizen science to help document species occurrences, adding data to databases such as Atlas of Living Australia.
This article lists the various snakes of Australia which live in a wide variety of habitats around the country. The Australian scrub python is Australia's largest native snake. Victoria
B. Bandy-bandy; Batillus blind snake; Beaked blind snake; Black-headed python; Black-headed sea snake; Black-necked whipsnake; Blackish blind snake; Blue-bellied black snake
The Australian scrub python is commonly considered arboreal or tree-dwelling, [citation needed] making it one of the world's largest and longest arboreal species of snakes. [citation needed] This snake has an ornate dorsal pattern consisting of browns and tans, with many different natural variations, and an iridescent sheen. [6]
Morelia spilota, commonly known as the carpet python, is a large snake of the family Pythonidae found in Australia, New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea), Bismarck Archipelago, and the northern Solomon Islands. [1] [2] [3] Many subspecies are recognised; ITIS lists six, [4] the Reptile Database six, [5] and the IUCN eight. [1]
Adult snake with prominent two-toned scales giving a reticulated pattern. Australia's largest venomous snake, the king brown snake can reach 2.0 to 2.5 m (6.6 to 8.2 ft) in length with a weight of 3 to 6 kg (6.6 to 13.2 lb), [16] with males around 20% larger than females. [24]
The eastern brown snake's fangs are small compared to those of other Australian venomous snakes, averaging 2.8 mm (0.11 in) in length or up to 4 mm (0.16 in) in larger specimens, and are 11 mm (0.43 in) apart. [28] The tongue is dark. [29] The iris is blackish with a paler yellow-brown or orange ring around the pupil.
The common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is a species of death adder native to Australia. It is one of the most venomous land snakes in Australia and globally. While it remains widespread (unlike related species), it is facing increased threat from the ongoing Australian cane toad invasion.