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Eastern brown snake
Pseudonaja textilis
Reptiles · Least concern
vs
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Snakes
Serpentes
Reptiles
average across the group
2 clips name both of them
15 million views between them.
Snakes outweigh Eastern brown snake 46× — 77.5 kg against 1.7 kg.
Tale of the tape
Body mass
1.68 kg
🐍 Eastern brown snake · ReptTraits
77 kg
🐍 Snakes · group average
Body length
2.2 m
🐍 Eastern brown snake · ReptTraits
3.9 m
🐍 Snakes · group average
Maximum lifespan
15 yr
🐍 Eastern brown snake · ReptTraits
27 yr
🐍 Snakes · group average
Bars are sized against the larger of the two figures.
Animals caught on camera
Real footage of the animals on this site — hunting, fighting, and getting on with it.
Shared ancestry
The closest group they share is Squamata (order), home to 11,762 species.
We know what their shared ancestor was, but not when it lived — no dated family tree spans both of them yet.