Tiger snakes are widespread throughout Southern Australia and are the second most common cause of snakebite deaths in Australia. They co-exist with brown snakes in most areas, and early clinical features of envenoming are very similar. Tiger snakes are the only venomous snakes in Tasmania.
- Notechis scutatus: Common or eastern tiger
- Notechis ater: Western or black tiger
- Tropidechis carinatus: Rough-scaled snake
- Austrelaps superbus: Common copperhead
- Austrelaps labialis: Pygmy copperhead
- Hoplocephalus bungaroides: Broad-headed snake
- Hoplocephalus bitorquatus: Pale-headed snake
- Hoplocephalus stephensi: Stephen’s banded snake
References
- Brown SGA, Caruso N, Borland M et al. Clotting factor replacement and recovery for snake venom-induced consumptive coagulopathy. Intensive Care Medicine 2009.
- Isbister GK, Duffull SB, Brown SGA. Failure of antivenom to improve recovery in Australian snakebite coagulopathy. Quarterly Journal of Medicine 2009.
- Scop J, Little M, Jelinek GA, Daly FF. 16 years of sever Tiger snake (Notechis) envenoming in Perth, Western Australia. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2009; 37:613-618.
- Sutherland SK, Tibballs J. Australian animal toxins: the creatures, their toxins and care of the poisoned patient. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2001.
- White J. Snakebite and Spiderbite Management guidelines for South Australia 2005. Department of Health, Adelaide South Australia.
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