9. Western brown snake, gwardar (Pseudonaja nuchalis) Pseudonaja nuchalis ranks 9th in our list of the most deadliest snakes in the world. Gwardar is a snake species inhabiting the whole ...

Nigel Dow was bitten by a western brown snake, or Gwardar, similar to this one.(Supplied: Darren Darch)Mr Dow tried calling his partner Laura Pearse as well as his boss.

11. Western brown snake, gwardar (Pseudonaja nuchalis) LD50: 0.473. The gwardar is most common in the western part of Australia, though it is distributed over the whole continent.

Last Sunday, Megan Brouwer was walking through Karijini National Park, which is more than 1300km from Perth, when she was bitten by a Western Brown Snake or a Gwardar snake.

Senior Sergeant Soutar said the snake was believed to be a gwardar or western brown snake, one of the most deadly snakes in the world, but would be sent to Perth tomorrow for formal identification.