Learn the second poisonous snake in the world

Eastern brown is the second poisonous snake in the world, venom is composed of neurotoxins and blood clotting agent.

Eastern brown is the second poisonous snake in the world, venom is composed of neurotoxins and blood clotting agent.

Solid Eastern brown , also known as Common Brown , is an Elapid snake and is popular in Australia.

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Eastern brown snake when mature varies in color. Usually glossy brown, they can have different colors, both spots and stripes, common body colors from yellow to dark gray, including orange, silver, gold . the The adult body is colored in a black-and-gray horizontal stripe, the head is black and many spots are reddish-brown in the abdomen.

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Eastern brown snake has an average length of 1.5-1.8m and it rarely exceeds 2m. This snake is found on all roads along Australia's East Coast, from Cape York, along the coast of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.

Solid Eastern brown only works during the day. When agitated, they reached their necks in a S-shaped vertical direction. Solid Eastern brown has a very diverse habitat from wet to dry (eucalyptus forest) and rows of trees growing along the coast, desert forests, arid grassland. They do not live in tropical forests and high humidity places.

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Eastern brown snakes eat any types of vertebrates including frogs, lizards, snakes, birds and rodents. This species is particularly prey by transmitting venom and clenching its prey.

The snake's venom taken in the laboratory averages 4.7 mg once taken. Like most venomous snakes, the number of venom depends on the size of the snake.

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Update 16 December 2018
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