There are thousands of species of snakes in the world, and they all
have different diet. Here is some information about the diet of
different groups of Australian snakes.
What a snake eats depends on its size and strategies, but also its
habitat. Rainforest snakes eat frogs and the desert snakes eat reptiles
because that’s what is available in their habitat.
Poster by AllPosters. Click on thumbnail to buy
Pythons are Australia’s largest snakes and
they eat
large prey like wallabies
and small kangaroos.
There are some species of smaller
pythons though which eat prey as small as geckoes. Colubrid
Snakes
is a large and very diverse group of
Australian harmless snakes, which eat frogs, lizards, crabs, fish, cane
toads, birds and small mammals.
Poster by AllPosters. Click on thumbnail to buy
Death Adders eat small vertebrates and
birds. Unlike
most other snakes, they don’t hunt actively but hide under leaves with
only the tip of their tail out, which is mimicking a moving insect or a
small animal. When a bird or mammal comes to catch it, the death adder
strikes quicker than any other snake in the world.
Australian Copperheads eat a variety of small
vertebrates such as skinks and frogs.
Poster by AllPosters. Click on thumbnail to buy
Australian Whipsnakes live in dry open
areas where
they feed mainly on lizards. Taipan
Snakes
feed exclusively on mammals, mostly
smaller mammals like rats.
Poster by AllPosters. Click on thumbnail to buy
Black Snakes eat a variety of animals such
as frogs,
fish, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Australian Brown Snakes eat different
vertebrates, but
mainly reptiles and mammals.
Note:
This site uses
British English, which is the English we use in Australia. You will
find words like "traveller", "harbour" and "realise", and they are all
correct in the language used in Australia.
Disclaimer: Although
best efforts have been made to ensure
that all the information on this site is correct,
gondwananet.com is not to be blamed should there be a mistake.
Copyright notice:
All contents of this website are strictly protected
by the Law of Copyright. What
does that mean?