Tiger snakes, named after their colored stripes, are among the most venomous snakes in the world, according to the state's wildlife department.

A woman driving down a Melbourne highway got the surprise of her life when she saw one of the world's deadliest snakes slithering up her leg.

Police in Australia said a woman was forced to fend off a deadly tiger snake in her vehicle while driving 50 miles per hour on a freeway outside Melbourne.

A woman in Australia realized she had a dangerous passenger onboard while driving 50 miles per hour on the Monash Freeway in Melbourne. On November 30 at 10:40 a.m., Victoria Police located the unidentified woman barefoot on the side of the road after she’d fought a tiger snake in her car.

Police investigating a report of a woman acting erratically at the side of a freeway learned she had pulled over as a result of a deadly tiger snake slithering up her leg.

Tim Nanninga of Melbourne Snake Control captures a deadly tiger snake for release on the side of the freeway near Melbourne A woman in Australia is recovering from the shock of finding a deadly snake in her car while driving on the freeway.

We’re admittedly not big fans of snakes, so this story about an Australian woman feeling a rather infamous venomous type slithering up her leg while she was driving on the freeway gives us the willies.