Last updated:
22 Jun 2022
Distribution of the species within this region
The Pale-headed Snake is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the
NSW North Coast Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.
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IBRA sub-region
| Known or predicted | Geographic restrictions within region |
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Barrington |
Predicted
| None |
Carrai Plateau |
Predicted
| None |
Cataract |
Predicted
| None |
Chaelundi |
Predicted
| None |
Coffs Coast and Escarpment |
Known
| None |
Comboyne Plateau |
Predicted
| None |
Dalmorton |
Predicted
| None |
Ellerston |
Predicted
| None |
Guy Fawkes |
Predicted
| None |
Karuah Manning |
Predicted
| None |
Macleay Gorges |
Predicted
| None |
Macleay Hastings |
Known
| None |
Mummel Escarpment |
Predicted
| None |
Rocky River Gorge |
Predicted
| None |
Tomalla |
Predicted
| None |
Upper Hunter |
Known
| None |
Upper Manning |
Predicted
| None |
Washpool |
Predicted
| None |
Yuraygir |
Predicted
| None |
Vegetation formations, classes and types
In this region the Pale-headed Snake - NSW North Coast is known to
be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information
about it.
- Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
- Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- 3420 Clarence Lowland Ironbark-Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
- 3421 Clarence Sandstone Pink Bloodwood Grassy Forest
- 3422 Clarence Sandstone Rises Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
- 3427 Northern Hinterland Hills Bloodwood-Red Gum Grassy Forest
- 3428 Northern Lowland Red Gum-Swamp Turpentine Grassy Forest
- New England Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- 1553 Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Forest Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the New England Tablelands
- 965 Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Mountain Ribbon Gum grassy open forest of the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion
- 970 Narrow-leaved Peppermint - Wattle-leaved Peppermint shrubby open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- 983 New England Blackbutt - stringybark grassy forest the eastern New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
- 3465 Northern Gorges Red Gum Grassy Forest
- North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
- 506 Black Cypress Pine - White Box - Tumbledown Gum shrubby open forest / woodland mainly in the Mt Kaputar region, Nandewar Bioregion
- 432 Dwyer's Red Gum - Dirty (Baradine) Gum - cypress pine shrubby woodland of the Narrabri region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 389 Motherumbah - White Bloodwood - cypress pine very tall shrubland / woodland of the Coonabarabran region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Pilliga Outwash Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- 702 Blakely's Red Gum riparian woodland of the Pilliga Outwash, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 411 Buloke - White Cypress Pine woodland on outwash plains in the Pilliga Scrub and Narrabri regions, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 148 Dirty Gum - Buloke - White Cypress Pine - ironbark shrubby woodland on deep sandy soils in the Liverpool Plains region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
- North Coast Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- 3564 Clarence Sandstone Bloodwood-Stringybark Forest
- 3568 Clarence Sandstone Stringybark Heathy Woodland
- 3577 Yuraygir Range Bloodwood-Stringybark Forest
- Northern Escarpment Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- 1617 New England Blackbutt - Diehard Stringybark shrubby open forest on the Northern Tablelands escarpment and Barrington Tops
- Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- 1666 Narrow-leaved Stringybark - Fringe Myrtle - Scaly Phebalium heathy woodland on exposed sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
- Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- 610 Black Cypress Pine - Dwyer's Gum low woodland / open forest on rocky ridges mainly of the Nandewar Range
- 417 Black Cypress Pine - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - red gum +/- White Bloodwood shrubby open forest on hills of the southern Pilliga, Coonabarabran and Garawilla regions, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 423 Blue-leaved Ironbark - Black Cypress Pine - Rough-barked Apple woodland mainly in the east Pilliga forests, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
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- Yetman Dry Sclerophyll Forests
- 370 Black Cypress Pine - Dirty Gum - bloodwood - She Oak open forest on siliceous hills in the northern NSW Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 672 Black Cypress Pine - Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Dirty Gum grassy open forest of north western Nandewar Bioregion
- 369 Blakely's Red Gum - Smooth-barked Apple shrub swamp woodland on siliceous white sands in the Yetman region
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- Forested wetlands
- Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
- 4046 Northern Lowland Swamp Turpentine-Red Gum Forest
- Coastal Swamp Forests
- 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
- Eastern Riverine Forests
- 84 River Oak - Rough-barked Apple - red gum - box riparian tall woodland (wetland) of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
- 42 River Red Gum / River Oak riparian woodland wetland in the Hunter Valley
- Inland Riverine Forests
- 356 Blakely's Red Gum x Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall riparian woodland, NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
- 78 River Red Gum riparian tall woodland / open forest wetland in the Nandewar Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 249 River Red Gum swampy woodland wetland on cowals (lakes) and associated flood channels in central NSW
- 36 River Red Gum tall to very tall open forest / woodland wetland on rivers on floodplains mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- 362 Weeping Bottlebrush - Rough-barked Apple riparian low open forest / tall shrubland wetland mainly in the Briglaow Belt South Bioregion
- Freshwater wetlands
- Inland Floodplain Shrublands
- 375 Budda Pea - Channel Millet ephemeral reedland wetland on floodplains in north-western NSW
- 24 Canegrass swamp tall grassland wetland of drainage depressions, lakes and pans of the inland plains
- 161 Golden Goosefoot shrubland wetland in swamps of the arid and semi-arid (hot summer) zones
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- Inland Floodplain Swamps
- 181 Common Reed - Bushy Groundsel aquatic tall reedland grassland wetland of inland river systems
- 182 Cumbungi rushland wetland of shallow semi-permanent water bodies and inland watercourses
- 238 Permanent and semi-permanent freshwater lakes wetland of the inland slopes and plains
- 53 Shallow freshwater wetland sedgeland in depressions on floodplains on inland alluivial plains and floodplains
- Grasslands
- Semi-arid Floodplain Grasslands
- 50 Couch Grass grassland wetland on river banks and floodplains of inland river systems
- 43 Mitchell Grass grassland - chenopod low open shrubland on floodplains in the semi-arid (hot) and arid zones
- 52 Queensland Bluegrass +/- Mitchell Grass grassland on cracking clay floodplains and alluvial plains mainly the northern-eastern Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- 242 Rats Tail Couch sod grassland wetland of inland floodplains
- Grassy woodlands
- Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
- 1692 Bull Oak grassy woodland of the central Hunter Valley
- 3322 Far North Ranges Red Gum Grassy Forest
- 1603 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Bull Oak - Grey Box shrub - grass open forest of the central and lower Hunter
- 1604 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box - Spotted Gum shrub - grass woodland of the central and lower Hunter
- 1691 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Grey Box grassy woodland of the central and upper Hunter
- Floodplain Transition Woodlands
- 56 Poplar Box - Belah woodland on clay-loam soils on alluvial plains of north-central NSW
- 101 Poplar Box - Yellow Box - Western Grey Box grassy woodland on cracking clay soils mainly in the Liverpool Plains, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 244 Poplar Box grassy woodland on alluvial clay-loam soils mainly in the temperate (hot summer) climate zone of central NSW (wheatbelt).
- New England Grassy Woodlands
- 704 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy open forest or woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- 510 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- 734 Broad-leaved Stringybark - Blakely's Red Gum grassy woodlands of the New England Tableland Bioregion
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- Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
- 513 Candlebark - Ribbon Gum grassy woodland of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- 534 New England Peppermint grassy woodland on sedimentary or basaltic substrates of the New England Tableland Bioregion
- 1099 Ribbon Gum - Rough-barked Apple - Yellow Box grassy woodland/open forest of the New England Tableland Bioregion and NSW North Coast Bioregion
- Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
- 599 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box grassy tall woodland on flats and hills in the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
- 441 Carbeen - White Box +/- Silver-leaved Ironbark grassy tall woodland on basalt hills, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 451 Derived Spear Grass - Slender Bamboo Grass mixed tussock grassland mainly of the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Nandewar Bioregion
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- Rainforests
- Dry Rainforests
- 3070 Far North Hinterland Kamala-Coogera Dry Rainforest
- 1540 Grey Myrtle - Grey Gum gully dry rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
- 1539 Grey Myrtle sheltered gully dry rainforest in gullies of the Sydney Basin
- 3101 Northern Hinterland Shatterwood Dry Rainforest
- 1543 Rusty Fig - Native Quince - Native Olive dry rainforest of the Central Hunter Valley
- Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
- 1529 Lilly Pilly - Coachwood gully warm temperate rainforest on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
- 1531 Sassafras - Grey Possumwood warm temperate rainforest of the New England escarpment
- 1523 Sassafras - Prickly Ash - Lilly Pilly warm temperate rainforest on ranges of the Barrington Tops and lower North Coast
- Subtropical Rainforests
- 845 Giant Stinging Tree - Fig dry subtropical rainforest of the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 3021 Northern Lowland Subtropical Rainforest
- Semi-arid woodlands (grassy sub-formation)
- Inland Floodplain Woodlands
- 454 River Red Gum grassy chenopod open tall woodland (wetland) on floodplain clay soil of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and western Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 438 River Red Gum riparian tall woodland wetland on basaltic alluvial soils mainly in the Liverpool Plains sub-region, Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 83 Yellow Box woodland on sandy loam soils on alluvial plains mainly in the upper Darling Riverine Plain Bioregion
- North-west Floodplain Woodlands
- 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
- 40 Coolabah open woodland wetland with chenopod/grassy ground cover on grey and brown clay floodplains
- 87 Poplar Box - Coolabah floodplain woodland on light clay soil mainly in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- 207 Poplar Box grassy low woodland of drainage lines and depressions of the semi-arid (hot) and arid zone climate zones
- Riverine Plain Woodlands
- 27 Weeping Myall open woodland of the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- Semi-arid woodlands (shrubby sub-formation)
- North-west Alluvial Sand Woodlands
- 428 Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - Curracabah - White Box tall woodland on sand in the Narrabri - Warialda region of the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 71 Carbeen - White Cypress Pine - River Red Gum - bloodwood tall woodland on sandy loam alluvial and eolian soils in the northern Brigalow Belt South Bioregion and Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion
- 206 Dirty Gum - White Cypress Pine tall woodland of alluvial sand (sand monkeys) in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 376 Mixed scrub low open woodland on sand rises and dunes on floodplains in the Darling Riverine Plains Bioregion and Brigalow Belt South Bioregion
- 227 Silver-leaved Ironbark - White Cypress Pine - Rough-barked Apple woodland on alluvial terraces in central-north NSW
- Subtropical Semi-arid Woodlands
- 192 Silver-leaved Ironbark - Poplar Box +/- Ironwood shrub - grass woodland on rises in the north-western plains of NSW