THE COMMON BROWN SNAKE

The common Brown snake is a fast snake. 

It is a very active snake and it is seen mostly by day, except in very cold weather. 

It has a solid coloured body that is 

light to dark brown or green - grey.

 The belly is lighter with orange, grey or brown blotches.

Brown snakes move by coiling up then darting with its head and the neck pulls the rest of the body.

THE COMMON BROWN SNAKE

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WHERE IT IS LOCATED

The Common Brown snake is located mostly in the Eastern parts of Australia. 

It is also located in parts of  The Northern Territory and the tops of South Australia. 

It is also found around Ayres Rock.

It is not really found in Western Australia. 

THE SKELETAL SYSTEM

The Common Brown Snake has over 400 ribs and a spine as long as itself. The skeletal of a snake is made up from a skull, a long backbone, ribs and a tail.

All snakes have no arms and legs.

When snakes are too small for their skin they shed their skin. They shed their skin once a year.  

Skeletal system

OTHER SYSTEMS

On a snake's body only the backbone reaches the tip of the tail.  The intestines of a snake are long and fairly straight. In humans, they are coiled and crammed into a short space.

The left lung is usually tiny. In some snakes it has completely disappeared, so the right lung does the work of two.

Only some  of the skeleton is shown, at the head and at the tail ends. Humans have twelve pairs of ribs. A snake may have more than 100 pairs.

FOOD

The Common brown snake feeds mostly on rats, mice, birds, lizards and other snakes. It can also eat frogs. 

The Common Brown snake is easily angered, and when ready to strike, The Common Brown Snake flattens its neck and rises into an 's' shape like a Cobra. It strikes again and again until it captures its prey.  Then it wraps around its prey and will not let go until the venom has worked.

 If a person is bitten by this snake, they will suffer from stomach pains, dizziness and vomiting.                               

A snake's prey. (bird).

BABY BROWN SNAKES

The Common Brown snake lays 10 to 35 eggs a year. It takes three months for the eggs to hatch. The baby brown snake is banded in dark grey or black, and have a broad band on the back of its head. The band disappears at three years of age.

FACT FILE

Name: The Common brown Snake or Storeria dekayi.

Size: 1.5 metres  long.

Habitat: Dry country, hay, farms and barns.

Prey: rodents, birds, reptiles and small animals.

Identification: A brown snake, fierce, fast and  with blotches of orange or red on its  tummy.

Relatives: The Eastern brown snake, and other Australian snakes.

HABITAT

The Common Brown Snake is attracted to barns and farms and prefers the dry country areas to the swampy areas. 

It is most common in Eastern Australia and in some parts of the desert.