Venomous creatures Browse List

• Arthropods, Australian
• Australian paralysis ticks, Family: Ixodidae, Genus: Ixodes, Species: I. holocyclus
• Australia's venomous creatures

• Barking spider
  - see Bird-eating spiders, Family: Theraphosidae, Genus: Selencosmia
• Bees and wasps, Order: Hymenoptera, Suborder: Apocrita
• Beetles, Order: Coleoptera
• Bird-eating spiders, Family: Theraphosidae, Genus: Selencosmia
• Black house spiders, Family: Desidae (formerly Amaurobiidae), Genus: Baduma
• Black snakes, Family: Epalid, Genus: Pseudechis
• Black window spider
  - see Black house spiders, Family: Desidae (formerly Amaurobiidae), Genus: Baduma
• Blue ringed octopus, Family: Octopodidae, Genus: Hapalochlaena
• Blue-bellied black snake
  - see Spotted black snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudechis, Species: P. guttatus
• Bluebottles, Class: Hydrozoa, Genus: Physalia
• Box jellyfish, Class: Cubozoa, Genus: Chironex, Species:C. fleckeri
• Broad headed snakes, Genus: Hoplocephalus, Species: H. bungaroides
• Brown house spiders, Family: Theridiidae, Genus: Steatoda
• Brown snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudonaja (formerly Demansia)

• Caterpillars, Order: Lepidoptera
• Centipedes and millipedes, Class: Chilopoda and Diplopoda
• Chiropsalmus quadrigatus, Class: Cubozoa, Genus: Chiropsalmus
• Clarence River snake
  - see Rough scaled snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Tropidechis, Species: T. carinatus
• Class: Arachnida, Order: Araneae, Spiders, Australian
• Class: Chilopoda and Diplopoda, Centipedes and millipedes
• Class: Cubozoa, Genus: Carukia, Spieces: C. barnesi, Irukandji
• Class: Cubozoa, Genus: Carybdea, Species: C. rastoni, Jimbles
• Class: Cubozoa, Genus: Chironex, Species:C. fleckeri, Box jellyfish
• Class: Cubozoa, Genus: Chiropsalmus, Chiropsalmus quadrigatus
• Class: Hydrozoa, Genus: Physalia, Bluebottles
• Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Snakes, Australian
• Class: Scyphomedusae, Genus: Pelagia, Species: P. noctiluca, Mauve blubbers
• Class: Scyphozoa, Genus: Cyanea, Species: C. capillata, Sea blubbers
• Class: Scyphozoa, Jellyfish, Australian
• Collett's snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudechis, Species: P. colletti
• Cone shells
  - see Cone snails, Family: Conidae, Genus: Conus
• Cone snails, Family: Conidae, Genus: Conus
• Copperheads, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Austrelaps
• Cupboard spider
  - see Brown house spiders, Family: Theridiidae, Genus: Steatoda

• Daddy-long-legs, Family: Pholcidae, Genus: Crossopriza, Pholcus and Physocyclus
• Death adders, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Acanthophis
• Dugites, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudonaja, Species: P. affinis

• Family: Actinopodidae, Genus: Missulena, Mouse spiders
• Family: Araneidea, Orb weaving spiders
• Family: Conidae, Genus: Conus, Cone snails
• Family: Desidae (formerly Amaurobiidae), Genus: Baduma, Black house spiders
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudonaja (formerly Demansia), Brown snakes
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Acanthophis, Death adders
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Austrelaps, Copperheads
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Cryptophis, Species: C. nigrescens, Small eyed snakes
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Hoplocephalus, Species:H. bitorquatus, Pale headed snakes
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Hoplocephalus, Species:H. stephensi, Stephen's banded snakes
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Notechis, Tiger snakes
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Oxyuranus, Spieces: O. microlepidotus, Fierce snakes
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Oxyuranus, Taipans
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudechis, Species: P. australis, Mulga snakes
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudechis, Species: P. colletti, Collett's snakes
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudechis, Species: P. guttatus, Spotted black snakes
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudechis, Species: P. porphyriacus, Red-bellied black snakes
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudonaja, Species: P. affinis, Dugites
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudonaja, Species: P. nuchalis, Gwardars
• Family: Elapidae, Genus: Tropidechis, Species: T. carinatus, Rough scaled snakes
• Family: Epalid, Genus: Pseudechis, Black snakes
• Family: Hexathelidae (formerly Dipluridae); Genus Atrax and Hadronyche, Funnel web spiders
• Family: Hydrophiidae, Sea snakes
• Family: Ixodidae, Genus: Ixodes, Species: I. holocyclus, Australian paralysis ticks
• Family: Lamponidae, Genus: Lampona, White-tailed spiders
• Family: Lycosidae, Genus: Lycosa and Trochosa, Wolf spiders
• Family: Octopodidae, Genus: Hapalochlaena, Blue ringed octopus
• Family: Ornithorhynchidae, Genus: Ornithorhynchus, Species: O. anatinus, Platypus
• Family: Pholcidae, Genus: Crossopriza, Pholcus and Physocyclus, Daddy-long-legs
• Family: Salticidae, Jumping spiders
• Family: Sparassidae; Genus: Isopeda and Neosparassus, Huntsman spiders
• Family: Synancejidae, Genus: Synanceia, Stone fish
• Family: Theraphosidae, Genus: Selencosmia, Bird-eating spiders
• Family: Theridiidae, Genus: Latrodectus, Species: L. hasselti, Redback spiders
• Family: Theridiidae, Genus: Steatoda, Brown house spiders
• Fierce snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Oxyuranus, Spieces: O. microlepidotus
• Funnel web spiders, Family: Hexathelidae (formerly Dipluridae); Genus Atrax and Hadronyche

• Genus: Hoplocephalus, Species: H. bungaroides, Broad headed snakes
• Gwardars, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudonaja, Species: P. nuchalis

• Hairy jellyfish
  - see Sea blubbers, Class: Scyphozoa, Genus: Cyanea, Species: C. capillata
• Hairy stinger
  - see Sea blubbers, Class: Scyphozoa, Genus: Cyanea, Species: C. capillata
• Huntsman spiders, Family: Sparassidae; Genus: Isopeda and Neosparassus

• Inland taipan
  - see Fierce snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Oxyuranus, Spieces: O. microlepidotus
• Irukandji, Class: Cubozoa, Genus: Carukia, Spieces: C. barnesi

• Jellyfish, Australian, Class: Scyphozoa
• Jimbles, Class: Cubozoa, Genus: Carybdea, Species: C. rastoni
• Jocky spider
  - see Redback spiders, Family: Theridiidae, Genus: Latrodectus, Species: L. hasselti
• Jumping spiders, Family: Salticidae

• Marine creatures, Australian
• Mauve blubbers, Class: Scyphomedusae, Genus: Pelagia, Species: P. noctiluca
• Mauve stinger
  - see Mauve blubbers, Class: Scyphomedusae, Genus: Pelagia, Species: P. noctiluca
• Mouse spiders, Family: Actinopodidae, Genus: Missulena
• Mulga snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudechis, Species: P. australis

• Orb weaving spiders, Family: Araneidea
• Order: Araneida, Trapdoor spiders
• Order: Coleoptera, Beetles
• Order: Hymenoptera, Suborder: Apocrita, Bees and wasps
• Order: Hymenoptera, Suborder: Apocrita, Stinging ants
• Order: Lepidoptera, Caterpillars
• Order: Myliobatiformes, Stingrays
• Order: Scorpionida / Scorpiones, Scorpions

• Pale headed snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Hoplocephalus, Species:H. bitorquatus
• Platypus, Family: Ornithorhynchidae, Genus: Ornithorhynchus, Species: O. anatinus
• Portuguese man-o'-war
  - see Bluebottles, Class: Hydrozoa, Genus: Physalia

• Redback spiders, Family: Theridiidae, Genus: Latrodectus, Species: L. hasselti
• Red-bellied black snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudechis, Species: P. porphyriacus
• Rough scaled snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Tropidechis, Species: T. carinatus

• Scorpions, Order: Scorpionida / Scorpiones
• Sea blubbers, Class: Scyphozoa, Genus: Cyanea, Species: C. capillata
• Sea snakes, Family: Hydrophiidae
• Sea wasp
  - see Box jellyfish, Class: Cubozoa, Genus: Chironex, Species:C. fleckeri
• Small eyed snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Cryptophis, Species: C. nigrescens
• Small scalled snake
  - see Fierce snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Oxyuranus, Spieces: O. microlepidotus
• Snakes, Australian, Class: Reptilia, Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes
• Spiders, Australian, Class: Arachnida, Order: Araneae
• Spotted black snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Pseudechis, Species: P. guttatus
• Stephen's banded snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Hoplocephalus, Species:H. stephensi
• Stinging ants, Order: Hymenoptera, Suborder: Apocrita
• Stinging fish
• Stingrays, Order: Myliobatiformes
• Stone fish, Family: Synancejidae, Genus: Synanceia

• Taipans, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Oxyuranus
• Tiger snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Notechis
• Trapdoor spiders, Order: Araneida

• Western taipan
  - see Fierce snakes, Family: Elapidae, Genus: Oxyuranus, Spieces: O. microlepidotus
• Whistling spider
  - see Bird-eating spiders, Family: Theraphosidae, Genus: Selencosmia
• White-tailed spiders, Family: Lamponidae, Genus: Lampona
• Widow spider
  - see Redback spiders, Family: Theridiidae, Genus: Latrodectus, Species: L. hasselti
• Wolf spiders, Family: Lycosidae, Genus: Lycosa and Trochosa