| Dwarf Crowned Snakes | |
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| The Golden-crowned Snake (Cacophis squamulosus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Cacophis Günther, 1863 |
| Species | |
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Northern Dwarf-crowned Snake, (Cacophis churchilli) |
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The dwarf-crowned snakes are a group of snakes in the genus Cacophis distributed along eastern Australia. The 4 species in this genus are all venomous, but not dangerous to people. They inhabit a variety of forest types, from woodland to rainforest. They are generally nocturnal and feed on lizards and reptile eggs. They have a distinct "crown" on their heads, which gives them their name.
There is the golden crowned snake or pocket cobra, white crowned snake, northern dwarf crowned snake and the southern dwarf crowned snake.