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Red Belly Blacksnake

Photo by delicadaz17
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Field Notes

Description:

5ft Black snake with a red belly

Habitat:

All over Australia

Notes:

we was sitting there on the banks of the Snowy River 80km from Jindabyne in the middle if the Snowy wilderness ( Kosciuszko National Park) just simply enjoying a cuppa tea, when this big Red Belly decided to swim past and get out just 20ft from us

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Red-bellied Black Snake

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Comments (2)
delicadaz17
yes it is poisonous, but with small weak fangs they do not deliver as much poison as say a Brown Snake .........requires hospital visit and anti venom
arlanda
Is it poisonous? It looks like if you did not try to get too closer!
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2011

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