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    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Chien Lee, all rights reserved

  • Brown Tree Snake, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Jesse Campbell, all rights reserved

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Tom Frisby, all rights reserved

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    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Tom Frisby, all rights reserved

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    (c) Tom Frisby, all rights reserved

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) ben_revell, all rights reserved

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Brown Tree Snake

Boiga irregularis

Worldwide
3,382 observations
Group
Reptiles
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) is an arboreal rear-fanged colubrid snake native to eastern and northern coastal Australia, eastern Indonesia (Sulawesi to Papua), Papua New Guinea, and a large number of islands in northwestern Melanesia. This snake is infamous for being an invasive species responsible for devastating the majority of the native bird population in Guam.

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