Tiger snakes are huge venomous snakes. The Tiger snakes are native to the southern Australia. They are very easy to identify by their yellow and black bandings. The colors and pattern of the tiger snakes can vary from individual.
These snakes have bands like tiger it helps to identify very easily.
The Tiger snakes are ground dwelling. These snakes can swim, climb trees and the buildings.
Tiger snakes have a large group with distinct population. That is isolated with the extreme variance in the color and size. Tiger snakes are show their seasonal variation in color. The length of the Tiger snake is 1.2 meters (3 feet 11 inches).
The patterns on the tiger snake are dark bands that range from light to very dark.
The colors of the bands are olive, yellow jet black, orange brown, light yellow or orange. Tiger snakes use their venom to kill their prey and bite an aggressor.
Tiger snake can withstand low temperatures. It is mostly active during warm nights. These snakes raise their heads from the ground to scare others.
The common tiger snake has a blunt and flat head. It looks like slightly different than other snakes. Recently some un-banded specimens are also discovered. Especially around the neck the scales look like pasted shields. In these snakes Ventral scales are 140 to 190, subcaudals are 35 to 65, and mid body have 17 or 19 rows.
The western tiger snakes has a distinct head with strong body.
It grows up to 2 meters (6 feet 7 inches) in length. It is steel blue to black in color with a bright yellow band. The surface of the ventral is yellow; it is black towards the tail. Mid-body scales range from 17 to 19 rows. Hair ranges from 140 to 165. The subcaudals range from 36 to 51 and the anal scale is similar.
The chapel Island tiger Snake is distinguished by its blunt head and strong body.
The average length of this snake is 1.9 meters (6 feet). The color is olive brown to black with lighter cross bands and the ventral surface is lighter in color. Mid body scales are 17 rows, ventrals are 160 to 171 and subcaudals are 47 to 52 and anal have single scale.
King Island and Tasmanian tiger snakes are distinguished by a blunt head with solid body. Small snakes are slender and similar to other snakes, eventually growing to 1.5 meters (4 ft 11 in) in length. Color is jet black with lighter cross bands.
Tasmanian tiger snakes or king island snakes are in grey in color with black spots forming faint bands or un-banded gray or brown.
Abdominal surface is light colored. Mid body scales are 19, 17 and sometimes 15 rows and ventrals are 161 to 174 and subcaudals are 48 to 52 and anal scale is single. Tasmanian snakes are quiet and live due to low temperature.
The Peninsular Tiger Snake also has a blunt head and a distinctly rigid body. The average length of a peninsula tiger snake is 1.1 meters (3 feet to 7 inches). Roxby Island specimens are smaller and average up to 0.86 meters (2 feet 10 inches) in length. The color is jet black and sometimes in white or cream markings around the chin and lips.
