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brown snake: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: The University of Melbourne - School of Biomedical Sciences - Brown snakes, Pseudonaja Günther, 1858.	Aakanksha Gaur	Nov 16, 2024
	Add new Web site: The University of Melbourne - School of Biomedical Sciences - Brown snakes, Pseudonaja Günther, 1858.	Aakanksha Gaur	Sep 30, 2024
	Add new Web site: Academia - Coagulotoxic effects by brown snake (Pseudonaja) and taipan (Oxyuranus) venoms, and the efficacy of a new antivenom.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 01, 2024
	Add new Web site: The University of Melbourne - School of Biomedical Sciences - Brown snakes.	Aakanksha Gaur	Dec 21, 2023
	Add new Web site: Live Science - Brown snakes: Facts, characteristics, habitat and diet.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 29, 2022
	Article revised and updated.	John P. Rafferty	Mar 16, 2021
	Add new Web site: University of NebraskaLincoln - School of Natural Resources - Brown Snake.	Yamini Chauhan	Sep 05, 2013
	Add new Web site: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory - Brown Snake.	Yamini Chauhan	Sep 05, 2013
	Add new Web site: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Brown Snake.	Yamini Chauhan	Sep 05, 2013
	Species count changed to "approximately 10 species of the genus Pseudonaja."	John P. Rafferty	Mar 26, 2012
	Added new Web site: Environmental Education For Kids - Brown Snake or DeKay's Snake.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 18, 2008
	Article revised and updated.	John P. Rafferty	Dec 04, 2007
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 04, 1999
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998