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Brown tree snakes are found down the east coast of Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. They grow to 1-2 metres in length. Females will lay one or two clutches of eggs a year depending on seasonal variations. The female leaves the eggs in hollow logs, rock crevices or other sites where they are protected from drying out and high temperatures.

Brown trees snakes are a nocturnal, rear fanged colubrid, with two small, grooved fangs at the back of its mouth. Due to the placement of the fangs, venom is very difficult to convey into a bite on humans. The venom appears to be weakly neurotoxic, serious medical consequences have been limited to children who are more susceptible due to smaller body mass.

Their food sources are birds, Lizards, bats, rats and other rodents.

They are most commonly found in forests, grass lands and rocky stone outcrops.