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| ELAPID SNAKE | |||||||
| Family ELAPIDAE | |||||||
| VENOMOUS AND DANGEROUS. CAPABLE OF INFLICTING A POTENTIALLY FATAL BITE. | |||||||
| Description: | |||||||
| The Blue-bellied Black Snake or Spotted Black Snake has a robust body and is usually grey to glossy black in colour with scattered pale spots.Some species are dark with no pattern while others are cream with black-tipped scales. The underbelly is bluish-grey. | |||||||
| Size: | |||||||
| Adults 100 - 195 cm | |||||||
| Behaviour: | |||||||
| Mainly diurnal. When this snake is threatened, it will flatten it's neck and forebody and hiss loudly. | |||||||
| Prey: | |||||||
| Mammals, reptiles and frogs. | |||||||
| Reproduction: | |||||||
| Females lay up to 12 eggs. | |||||||
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