Red Belly Black Snake

Beauitful Red bellied black snake

Native to the east coast of Australia they are sighted in cairns, brisbane, canberra, sydney, melbourne and adelaide. There habitat varys and are wide spread however they are commonly found around dams, streams, billabongs and any area with a good water supply

http://www.brisbane-snake-catcher.com.au...

Thanks Dixie..

A really nice snake the RedBellyBlack. I have always found them fairly quiet but like many snakes in Oz it can depend entirely on where and when they are encountered...eg. if a nest is nearby with babies, be very very careful.
Oh yeah and the surfing hunties are a laugh... they can hang on at enourmous speeds even with their front legs flapping about. :)

Thanks Pochempie andNicholeSauve..

Great sighting and photo! Beautiful snake! http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082...

Awesome picture!

Thanks delicadaz17.. Great information! We just found a brown snake in the shed!

Guys - Brown snakes and Blacks DO NOT cross mate, Black snakes will kill the brown in a fight, always keep black snakes alive near your house, you will survive a red belly bite, and they keep browns away Browns are DEADLY and if you are lucky to get to hospital in time you will be really realy sick and in pain for several weeks or even months

Sadly not.. but one of my oversea visitors has a video.. I see if I can get it!

A car surfing spider? Do you have a picture of that, by any chance?! :-)

It is amazing... and as long as you are under 30 years you can get a working holiday visa! The conservation groups always look for helpers!

I hear nice things about the place :) I guess now's the time to gather the molar.

And thanks .. S Frazier

Thanks Elsa.. I like you spottings too.. and OZ would be great place for a Marine biologist.. The Great Barrier Reef start where I live!

Christiane you have the coolest spottings! I need to go to Oz for holiday one day..

@ AnnvanWijgerden .. The poor snake had the ride of a lifetime. I have a huntsman that does car surfing!

Nice photograph!

Seen this? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canad...

We saw similar snakes in India called it Rat snake.

great photograph

Bad snake!!

Have heard that story too.. Don't know if this is possible. But who knows what Mother Nature will do..

Have heard stories of browns cross mating with the black snakes too.
Whether that is correct, I don't know.

Fair dinkum Christiane, I've had the opposite reactions.
Been put up a tree by eastern brown snake, almost trod on Red belly with no reaction.

Red Belly Black Snakes are very territorial.. I got attack 2x by one that lived in the wood shed!.. Never had a problem with an Eastern Brown Snake!