Tiger snakes prefer damp, cool swamps and woodlands. The Eastern Tiger is found on the coastal lowlands and plains of south-eastern Australia, from south-eastern Queensland to south-eastern SA.

It is a large snake (2.1 metres in length) with a broad, strong body. Its upper surface may be brown, brown-green or blackish with pale bands. The underside is cream, yellow or grey.

Tiger snakes shelter in burrows and under timber. They are active by day and during warm evenings. They eat frogs, reptiles, nestling birds and fish. If threatened, a tiger snake curves the fore body off the ground, flattening it, and hissing loudly.

In spring male tiger snakes wrestle in ritual combat. A female has 14-80 live young. The venom of the Eastern Tiger snake and other related tiger snakes is fatal to humans.