Pseudechis porphyriacus
Red-bellied Black Snake at Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
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| Pseudechis porphyriacus | PatrickCampbell | 8 Oct 2019 | |
| Pseudechis porphyriacus | Christine | 8 Oct 2019 |
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User's notes
I almost stepped on it, as it had appeared right behind me as i was photographing a skink. Did not appear full grown, maybe two foot long.
3 comments
9 Oct 2019
It looks like a beautiful sub-adult that possibly picked up the scent of the skink that you were photographing at the time. Was the skink a Water Skink (Eulamprus sp.) by any chance, as RBB's seem to like eating them (if they can catch them!)
9 Oct 2019
Yes, see sighting 4236997 (or see it in nearby sightings). It looked quite large, but I guess the snake could manage ;) Thanks for the IDs Patrick.
9 Oct 2019
My pleasure Christine. I've seen a sub-adult red belly eat a juvenile bluey once, which is quite a chubby species (about equal to an adult water skink), so I think you're right that it could probably manage to swallow it if given half the chance.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.748892-34.855567
- Places Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Oct 2019 10:29 AM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Species information
- Pseudechis porphyriacus Scientific name
- Red-bellied Black Snake Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1428.4m Recorded at altitude