The red-bellied black snake is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. Originally described by George Shaw in 1794 as a species new to science. Averaging around 1.25m in length, it has glossy black upperparts, bright red or orange flanks, and a pink or dull red belly. The snake is considered to be a least-concern species according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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The red-bellied black snake is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. Originally described by George Shaw in 1794 as a species new to science. Averaging around 1.25m in length, it has glossy black upperparts, bright red or orange flanks, and a pink or dull red belly. It is not an aggressive species and generally retreats from encounters with people, but can attack if provoked. Although its venom is capable of causing significant illness, no deaths have been recorded from its bite, which is less venomous than other Australian elapid snakes. The snake is considered to be a least-concern species according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Its numbers are thought to be declining due to habitat fragmentation and decline of frog populations. The largest individual recorded at 2m long is the largest individual at 2.5m long. Males are generally slightly larger than females, but females are slightly smaller than females. Snakes have a strong smell and can have strong, strong, and strong smell. All these black scales have black margins, and these black margins are fading to red or pink on the belly on the northern populations. It was known as djirrabidi to the Eora and Darug inhabitants of the Darug basin. It has a glossy black top body with a light-grey out-out tail and a completely black tail. It lacks a neck; its head merges seamlessly into the body and merges into the red or red flanks.
It can be found in woodlands, forests and swamplands, and often ventures into nearby urban areas. The species is endemic to Australia and was first described and named by English naturalist George Shaw as Coluber porphyriacus. The genus Pseudechis was created for it by German biologist Johann Georg Wagler in 1830. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words pseudēs false and echis viper. In addition to red- Bellies, the species has been called common black snake, redbelly, and RBBS. Its position as an early offshoot from the rest of the genus has been confirmed genetically in 2017. The subspecies P. p. rentoni has not been recognized by other authors, and Hoser has been strongly criticized for identifying some taxa on location alone, and omitting, misinterpreting or inventing evidence of distinctness. In 2003, snake handler Raymond Hoser described two extra subspecies in 2003: p. eipperi from the Atherton Tableland and surrounds in north-east Queensland, which he noted was smaller, rarely attaining 2 m and had a white or pale pink rather than red belly, and P. rentoni from southeastern South Australia, which has a Variably coloured belly. He added that both were disjunct from the main red-Bellied Black snake population, and as the distinguishing traits of P. p. rentoni were not consistent, then location was the most reliable way of identifying it.
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