tiger snake
Australian striped serpent
A tiger snake is a highly venomous Australian snake marked with dark bands resembling a tiger's stripes.
Found in southern regions of Australia, tiger snakes are responsible for a significant portion of snakebite deaths there.
They inhabit wetlands, grasslands, and coastal areas, feeding on frogs, small mammals, and birds.
Having encircling marks
- stripedHaving contrasting bands
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- colorationSurface hue arrangement
olive · brown · black · yellow · variable · sleek · muscular · head shape
Island state below Australia
- VictoriaFemale monarch's name
- bushlandUncultivated native vegetation area
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
- eucalyptusAromatic Australian timber tree
outback · billabong · swamp · creek · floodplain · grassland · coastal · waterway
Poison attacking neural tissue
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
- snakebiteSerpent fang injury
- coagulantAgent inducing clotting
lethal · deadly · toxicity · venom gland · fangs · cytotoxin · bite · first aid
Temperature set by surroundings
- viviparousBearing live young
- live-bearingProducing offspring not eggs
- slitherGlide smoothly, sinuously
- serpentineCurving in repeated bends
cold-blooded · molting · vertebrate · carnivore · scales · forked tongue · Jacobson's organ · litter
Protective or easily threatened
- flattenMake level or smooth
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- hissSharp sibilant sound
- baskingWarming oneself pleasantly
ambush · diurnal · territorial · aggressive · alert · coil · retreat · thermoregulation
banded
Having encircling marks
- stripedHaving contrasting bands
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
coloration · olive · brown · black · yellow · variable · sleek · muscular · head shape · underbelly
Tasmania
Island state below Australia
- VictoriaFemale monarch's name
- bushlandUncultivated native vegetation area
- wetlandWaterlogged land ecosystem
eucalyptus · outback · billabong · swamp · creek · floodplain · grassland · coastal · waterway · marsh
neurotoxin
Poison attacking neural tissue
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
- snakebiteSerpent fang injury
coagulant · lethal · deadly · toxicity · venom gland · fangs · cytotoxin · bite · first aid · compression bandage
ectothermic
Temperature set by surroundings
- viviparousBearing live young
- live-bearingProducing offspring not eggs
- slitherGlide smoothly, sinuously
serpentine · cold-blooded · molting · vertebrate · carnivore · scales · forked tongue · Jacobson's organ · litter · neonate
defensive
Protective or easily threatened
basking · ambush · diurnal · territorial · aggressive · alert · coil · retreat · thermoregulation · hunting
tiger snakeconstrictor
Snake killing by compression
boa constrictor · python · anaconda · ball python · Burmese python
tiger snakeking cobra
Longest venomous serpent
black mamba · Egyptian cobra · Indian cobra · fer-de-lance · bushmaster