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Pseudonaja nuchalis
Highly venomous snake native to Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pseudonaja nuchalis, the northern brown snake[2] or gwardar, is a species of very fast, highly venomous elapid snake native to Australia. Its colour and pattern are rather variable, depending largely on its location.[2]
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Pseudonaja nuchalis | |
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A northern brown snake at the Australia Zoo | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Pseudonaja |
Species: | P. nuchalis |
Binomial name | |
Pseudonaja nuchalis Günther, 1858 | |
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"Northern brown snake" redirects here. For the northern subspecies of an unrelated brown snake, see Storeria dekayi.
The name gwardar is a word meaning "go the long way around" in an Aboriginal language [which?].[citation needed] This may be regarded as advice for people who come across the species in the wild: that is, while P. nuchalis is generally cautious, shy, and inclined to retreat rather than attack, it will defend itself if cornered.