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Spotted Black Snakephotographed at Pet and Animal Expo, Brisbane
Image by ozwildlife - Some rights reserved.
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SPOTTED BLACK SNAKE FACTS |
Description
The Spotted Black Snake is grey or black with scattered paler scales.
Other Names
Blue-bellied Black Snake
Size
grows to 1.5m, with an average about 1.2m
Habitat
forest and grasslands
Food
frogs, lizards and small mammals.
Breeding
egg layer, laying about 7-12 eggs
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Notes
It is venomous, although bite rarely results in death.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Serpentes) | | Family: | Elapidae | | Genus: | Pseudechis | | Species: | guttatus | | Common Name: | Spotted Black Snake |
Relatives in same Genus
Mulga Snake (P. australis)
Collett's Snake (P. colletti)
Red-bellied Black Snake (P. porphyriacus)
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