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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Elapidae — brown snake.

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Examples

  • All five Australian reptile families are represented and species include monitor lizard Varanus giganteus, thorny devil lizard Moloch horridus, western brown snake Pseudonaja nuchalis, Ramsay's python Aspidites ramsayi and numerous others.

    Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia 2008

  • This ecoregion also forms the main distribution for numerous other reptiles, including many large venomous elapid snakes (Pseudonaja guttata, P. ingrami, and Pseudechis colletti).

    Mitchell grass downs 2007

  • Both the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) and the eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) both have venom more potent than any sea snake.

    Of dragons and microbes - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Both the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) and the eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) both have venom more potent than any sea snake.

    Of dragons and microbes - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Both the inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) and the eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) both have venom more potent than any sea snake.

    Of dragons and microbes - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Snakes called Demansia a while ago are Pseudonaja now.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 1 1983

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