Identification The Yellow-Faced Whip Snake is pale grey to brown in colour, with red colouring on the head, also sometimes on the tail. The under side can be grey-green to a yellow colour. A dark comma-shaped streak runs from the eye to the corner of its mouth. The face is usually but not always yellow coloured, with a narrow, yellow-edged dark bar around the front of the snout from nostril to nostril. It can be distinguished from the Eastern Brown snake by its facial marking and also by its smaller size.

Size Range The Yellow-Faced Whip snake size range is from 80cm to 1meter.

Distribution The Yellow-faced Whip Snake is common throughout most of Australia. This map show where a Yellow-Faced Whip snake is found. (It’s the pink part)

Habitat The Yellow-faced Whip Snake is found in a wide range of habitats. Except for swamps and rainforest, from the coast to the arid interior.

Behaviour and adaptations During winter theYellow-faced Whip Snake may shelter beneath rocks, and has been observed aggregating with several other individuals on occasion.

Feeding and Diet The Yellow-faced Whip Snake feeds mainly on small lizards, as well as frogs and lizard eggs. They have good eyesight, and can chase and capture lizards on the run.

Life cycle The Yellow-faced Whip Snake lays eggs in early summer in the south of its range. With clutches of 5-20 eggs (the average is six) being recorded. Communal egg-laying of up to 200 eggs, in deep soil or rock crevices, has also been reported.

Conservation status This species does not appear to be listed as of conservation concern.

Danger to humans and first aid The Yellow-faced Whip Snake is a venomous snake, but is not considered dangerous. However, a bite could be extremely painful, with much local swelling.

Created By Tomeika Bond On the 12 th of August