Broad headed Snake

Order Squamata; Suborder Serpentes; Family Elapidae; Subfamily Hydrophiinae; Scientific name: Hoplocephalus bungaroides; Common name: Broad-headed Snake – Distribution in Australia: New South Wales endemic confined to a small area of sandstone escarpments roughly between Gosford in the north, Wollongong in the south and Blue Mountains in the west - Note: POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS – Conservation status: VULNERABLE