The Yellow-faced Whipsnake is found in many habitats over most of Australia. It does not live in the tropical north.

It is a slender bodied, thin necked, fast moving snake and grows to 1.1 metres in length. Its upper surface varies in colour from light grey to reddish, each scale edged darker. The under surface is grey to cream. Each large eye has a dark rim. It forms the head of a comma whose tail is a dark marking bordered yellow. This slants back towards the angle of the mouth.

This Whipsnake feeds on small lizards, frogs and reptile eggs. It is venomous, though reluctant to bite. Only a very large Yellow-faced Whipsnake is likely to harm a human.

A female lays up to 9 eggs, sometimes in a nest with other females' eggs. Up to 20 adults shelter together in cold winter weather.