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  • Black-striped Snake, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Matthew Connors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Black-striped Snake, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Graham Armstrong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Black-striped Snake, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Matthew Connors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Black-striped Snake, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Lorenzo Bertola, all rights reserved

  • Black-striped Snake, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Halvard Aas Midtun, all rights reserved

  • Black-striped Snake, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) jderby125, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Black-striped Snake

Cryptophis nigrostriatus

Worldwide
92 observations
Group
Reptiles
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

Cryptophis nigrostriatus, also known as the black-striped snake, is a species of venomous snake native to Australia and New Guinea. The specific epithet nigrostriatus (“black-striped”) refers to its body markings.

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