Size: Length
- 1.2m
Identification: Moderately slender
snake with colour varying with location. The common eastern Australian
form is an olive-green, dull green to blue-green ground colouring and usually
yellow on the belly.
Call/Song:
From Kimberly region (WA) to Cape York and Torres Straight Islands (Qld),
extending down east coast to south-eastern NSW.
Habitat:Wide
variety: Woodlands to vine forests, wet and dry sclerophyll forests and
rainforests.
Feeding: Feed
largely on frogs, which are located by the snakes keen eyesight. Lizards
are also eaten.
Breeding/Nesting: Egglayers
which produce 5-12 elongated eggs per clutch.
Movement: Active by day, dwelling
predominantly in trees or shrubs. |
Photo:
Glenn Threlfo
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Other
Common Names:
'Common Tree Snake'
Status:
Distribution:
Abundance:
Wilson, S.K. & Knowles, D.G. (1988)
A Photographic Reference to the Terrestrial
Reptiles of Australia, Collins Publishers, Australia.
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