Nature conservation

Threatened species

Ringed Brown Snake - Channel Country: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Pseudonaja modesta
Conservation status in NSW: Endangered
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Last updated: 01 Dec 2017

Distribution of the species within this region

The Ringed Brown Snake is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Channel Country Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Central Depression Predicted None
Core Ranges Known None
Sturt Stony Desert Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Ringed Brown Snake - Channel Country is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Arid shrublands (Acacia sub-formation)
    • Gibber Transition Shrublands
      • 197 Black Box - Gidgee - chenopod low open woodland wetland on alluvial clay soils in the Culgoa River region of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Mulga Lands Bioregion
      • 118 Gidgee chenopod woodland on red-brown clays in the semi-arid (hot) climate zone mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion.
      • 131 Gidgee of the intermittent watercourses or the arid zone (mainly Channel Country Bioregion and Simpson Strezlecki Dunefields Bioregion)
      • 137 Whitewood - Western Rosewood low woodland of the NSW north western plains
    • North-west Plain Shrublands
      • 144 Leopardwood low woodland mainly on clayey soils in the semi-arid zone
      • 213 Murrays Wattle sparse shrubland/forbland on sand rises of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
      • 264 Supplejack woodland of the NSW north-western semi-arid plains
    • Sand Plain Mulga Shrublands
      • 140 Broombush shrubland in dunefields of the arid climate zone
      • 129 Cabbage-tree Wattle shrubland of the inland plains and drainage lines
      • 199 Hooked Needlewood - Needlewood - Mulga - Turpentine Bush open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid plains
      • 143 Narrow-leaved Hopbush - Scrub Turpentine - Senna shrubland on semi-arid and arid sandplains and dunes.
      • 128 Nelia tall open shrubland of semi-arid sandplains
      • 220 Purple Wood wattle shrubland of the arid zone sandplains
      • 119 Sandplain Mulga tall shrubland - open shrubland of the semi-arid and arid climate zones
      • 232 Senna - Mulga - Needlewood open shrubland on loam-clay soils in swales and on the edges of claypans in the arid zone
      • 69 White Cypress Pine - Mulga shrubland on plains and sandplains in the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) climate zones.
      • 215 Woollybutt Grass open grassland on red earths of the inland plains
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    • Stony Desert Mulga Shrublands
      • 127 Bastard Mulga tall open shrubland of the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
      • 60 Black Oak - Western Rosewood - bluebush/saltbush low sparse woodland on gravel downs in the arid climate zone
      • 169 Curly Mallee - bluebush open woodland of the arid zone
      • 138 Desert Paper-bark shrubland wetland of semi-arid and arid climate zone watercourses.
      • 194 Heather Bush - Mulga - Umbrella Mulga open shrubland on gravelly rises mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
      • 130 Horse Mulga - Umbrella Mulga shrubland on ranges in the arid and semi-arid climate zones
      • 123 Mulga - Dead Finish on stony hills mainly of the Channel Country Bioregion and Broken Hill Complex Bioregion
      • 132 Mulga - Rock Fuchsia-bush sparse shrubland of silcrete scarps and mesas of the Channel Country Bioregion
      • 120 Mulga shrubland on stony rises in the arid and semi-arid climate zones, mainly in the Mulga Lands Bioregion
      • 359 Porcupine Grass - Red Mallee - Gum Coolabah hummock grassland / low sparse woodland on metamorphic ranges on the Barrier Range, Broken Hill Complex Bioregion
      • 121 Umbrella Mulga - Beefwood open shrubland on Peery Hills, Mulga Lands Bioregion
      • 68 White Cypress Pine - Mulga low open woodland on the stony ranges of the arid zone (far north western NSW).
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  • Arid shrublands (Chenopod sub-formation)
    • Aeolian Chenopod Shrublands
      • 222 Low Bluebush - Bladder Saltbush open shrubland of the arid zone
    • Gibber Chenopod Shrublands
      • 155 Bluebush shrubland on stony rises and downs in the arid and semi-arid zones
      • 150 Bottlewasher - Copperburr grassland of the arid zone
      • 224 Cotton Bush - copperburr open shrubland of the arid climate zone
      • 167 Kerosene Grass - Mulka grass - short grassland/forbland of the arid zone
      • 61 Mitchell Grass - saltbush grassland/shrubland of the gibber downs of the arid climate zone
      • 136 Prickly Wattle open shrubland of drainage lines on stony rises and plains of the arid climate zone
      • 210 Shrubby Twinleaf - saltbush open shrubland on silcrete scarps of the arid zone
      • 183 Windmill Grass - love grass - daisy derived grassland/forbland of arid climate zone
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    • Riverine Chenopod Shrublands
      • 195 Bladder Saltbush chenopod shrubland on alluvial plains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
      • 158 Old Man Saltbush - mixed chenopod shrubland of the semi-arid hot (persistently dry) and arid climate zones (north-western NSW)
  • Saline wetlands
    • Inland Saline lakes
      • 166 Disturbed annual saltbush forbland on clay plains and inundation zones mainly of south-western NSW
      • 149 Neverfail Grass - ephemeral herbaceous grassland forbland of interdune claypans mainly in the arid climate zone
      • 62 Samphire saline shrubland/forbland wetland of lake beds and lake margins in the arid and semi-arid (hot) zones
      • 198 Sparse saltbush forbland wetland of the irregularly inundated lakes of the arid and semi-arid (persistently hot) climate zones
  • Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
    • Brigalow Clay Plain Woodlands
      • 31 Brigalow - Gidgee open woodland on clay plains west of the Culgoa River, Mulga Lands Bioregion
      • 29 Brigalow open woodland on clay soils in the Nyngan-Bourke-Enngonia regions of the NSW north-western plains
    • North-west Floodplain Woodlands
      • 38 Black Box low woodland wetland lining ephemeral watercourses or fringing lakes and clay pans of semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
      • 37 Black Box woodland wetland on NSW central and northern floodplains including the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion.
      • 39 Coolabah - River Coobah - Lignum woodland wetland of frequently flooded floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
      • 231 Coolabah open woodland wetland dunefield depressions of the arid zone
      • 40 Coolabah open woodland wetland with chenopod/grassy ground cover on grey and brown clay floodplains
      • 230 Coolabah woodland wetland of intermittent watercourses in arid zone, mainly in the Channel Country Bioregion
      • 207 Poplar Box grassy low woodland of drainage lines and depressions of the semi-arid (hot) and arid zone climate zones
      • 41 River Red Gum open woodland wetland of intermittent watercourses mainly of the arid climate zone
      • 200 River Red Gum woodland wetland of lake fringes in the semi-arid (hot) and arid climate zones
      • 67 Yapunyah woodland wetland of Cuttaburra-Paroo River system, Mulga Lands Bioregion
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  • Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Desert Woodlands
      • 100 Desert Bloodwood - Mulga low woodland of the semi-arid plains
      • 133 Western Bloodwood - Whitewood low open woodland on Tibooburra Granite
    • Dune Mallee Woodlands
      • 172 Deep sand mallee of irregular dunefields of the semi-arid (warm) zone
      • 171 Spinifex linear dune mallee mainly of the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
    • Inland Rocky Hill Woodlands
      • 218 Grey Mallee - Mulga shrubland of the north-western Cobar Peneplain Bioregion
      • 122 Gum Coolabah woodland on slopes of sandstone ranges in the Paroo - Darling region, mainly Mulga Lands Bioregion
    • Sand Plain Mallee Woodlands
      • 170 Chenopod sandplain mallee woodland/shrubland of the arid and semi-arid (warm) zones
    • Semi-arid Sand Plain Woodlands
      • 59 Belah/Black Oak - Western Rosewood - Leopardwood low open woodland on sandplain and sandy flats in semi arid (hot) and arid climate zones
      • 58 Black Oak - Western Rosewood open woodland on deep sandy loams mainly in the Murray Darling Depression Bioregion
    • Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
      • 117 Buck Spinifex shrubby hummock grassland / Coolabah Apple - Silver-leaved Ironbark open woodland on deep sand in the Enngonia to Cumborah regions, north western NSW
      • 192 Silver-leaved Ironbark - Poplar Box +/- Ironwood shrub - grass woodland on rises in the north-western plains of NSW
    • Western Peneplain Woodlands
      • 134 Ironwood woodland of the semi-arid plains
      • 109 Poplar Box - Mulga - Ironwood woodland on red loam soils on plains in the Cobar Peneplain Bioregion and north-eastern Mulga Lands Bioregion