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reddish-brown upper lateral and pale yellowish lower lateral colouration
white triangular 'sails' on upper lip
supralabials (upper lips) strongly barred
steel grey-black, often with pale posterior edge on scales
relatively small eyes
uniform olive-brown to grey with dark grey belly
pale dark-edged stripe behind eye & on upper lip
black with pale-centred individual scales and black bordered rosettes
Snakes
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18 species
Austrelaps ramsayi (Highlands Copperhead)
reddish-brown upper lateral and pale yellowish lower lateral colouration
white triangular 'sails' on upper lip
supralabials (upper lips) strongly barred
Cryptophis nigrescens (Eastern Small-eyed Snake)
steel grey-black, often with pale posterior edge on scales
relatively small eyes
Hemiaspis signata (Swamp Snake)
uniform olive-brown to grey with dark grey belly
pale dark-edged stripe behind eye & on upper lip
Morelia spilota spilota (Diamond Python)
black with pale-centred individual scales and black bordered rosettes
