Brown Tree Snake

Order Squamata; Suborder; Serpentes; Family Colubridae (Colubrid Snakes or Tree Snakes); Scientific name: Boiga irregularis; Common name: Brown Tree Snake; Alternative common name: Banded Cat Snake – Distribution in Australia: Kimberley Region of Western Australia, the tropical Northern Territory, northern and eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales south to south of Sydney – Distribution outside Australia: New Guinea and Indonesia; Introduced accidentally to Guam and some Micronesian Islands where it became a serious pest species.