#1710 · 🦎 reptiles

Red-bellied Black Snake

🇳🇱 Zwarte adder ·Pseudechis porphyriacus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Connor Margetts · CC0
2. © John Strong · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © trevnkay · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Doug Beckers · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
6. Warumbul NSW, Australia:© David Sinnott · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Stockland Glendale, Stand E, Glendale NSW 2285, Australia:© varanus_enthusiast · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Montacute SA 5134, Australia:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Cape Conran VIC 3888, Australia:© Rob Clay · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Vale Park SA 5081, Australia:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

The red-bellied black snake ( Pseudechis porphyriacus ) is a species of elapid snake native to eastern Australia. Though its venom is capable of causing significant morbidity, a bite from it is not generally fatal and is less venomous than other Australian elapid snakes. It is common in woodlands, forests and swamplands of eastern Australia. It is one of Australia's best-known snakes, as it is common in urban areas along the eastern coast of Australia. It has an...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,288iNaturalist observations
length 1.75 madult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
8,288 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
About 175 cm long.
Scientifically named by George Shaw in 1794 (232 years ago).