(The NSW Central Coast is the area between Sydney and Newcastle in Australia.)
Red-bellied Black Snake Pseudechis porphyriacus
Range extends from south-eastern Victoria, through eastern NSW and north into Queensland.
Distinctive appearance. Small head, black body, pink or red belly.
Belly colour is visible on side of snake. Snake grows to 2.5 metres.
Shy, hunts by day on land and in water.
Eats young brown snakes, lizards, rodents, frogs, yabbies and eels.
Mates in spring, with rival males lunging at each other and twining together with flattened necks. Young are born live from January to March. Hibernation begins in June.
Red-bellies ward off the more dangerous brown snakes.
Images & map of range
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