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REPTILE FACTS |
Description
The Red-bellied Black Snake is glossy black above with bright red underside.
Size
1.5m long and sometimes over 2m.
Habitat
near river and creek banks, rainforest and wet eucalypt forest
Food
It feeds on frogs, reptiles and small mammals
Breeding
Mating occurs in spring with combat between rival males common during this period. In combat, the snakes bodies are intertwined with heads raised. Between 5 and 40 young are born in membranous sacs from which they emerge within a few minutes of birth.
Range
The Red-bellied Black Snake is found along the east coast and ranges from south-eastern Cape York Peninsula (Queensland) to south-eastern South Australia
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Notes
Venomous and potentially dangerous
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Serpentes) | | Family: | Elapidae | | Genus: | Pseudechis | | Species: | porphyriacus | | Common Name: | Red-bellied Black Snake |
Relatives in same Genus
Mulga Snake (P. australis)
Collett's Snake (P. colletti)
Spotted Black Snake (P. guttatus)
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