red belly black snake

yeah many will go ugh, but these are so important to the eco system. they are venomous, but really are not aggressive to people if left alone. they do actually predate on our highly venomous king brown snakes, so you could say they are great to find. this was just outside my front door and I got this snap, a little video and it was gone in a flash.

[Beverley]

Wonderful photo, we’re so big & scary, I think the snakes are more afraid of us.
I’ve seen lots of snakes here, in a flash they’ve gone.

[Linda Godwin]

Nice catch. He looks very thick like he has recently had a meal

[Elyse Klemchuk]

Yikes! I'm not a fan of snakes. I can see this snake's red belly in the picture!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@beverley365 it's so true - they take off so fast, you have to be very unlucky to get bitten by one and they are in a panic by then!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@rontu really thick, but not a bulge so I was wondering what it ate, another snake?

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice capture!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Well done a great find and capture, Such beautiful sheen an the black skin and such even diamond design.

[Paula Fontanini]

Awesome capture and no problem, I'd stay far away from him!!

[Suzanne]

You were lucky to catch it. Well done

[Louise & Ken]

This is a beautiful snake, and nice to know it's welcome on your property! If people didn't feel squeamish about snakes, they'd learn how lovely they are to stroke and to enjoy their beautiful texturing!

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wow wonderful capture

[gloria jones]

Yikes...Nice shot

[Junan Heath]

Cool capture!

[Babs]

They may be necessary but I wouldn't want to see one at my front door.

[John Falconer]

Well spotted. I’ve seen a few in my time but without a camera.

[Larry Steager]

Great capture.

[Mags]

Yikes! Well as long as they're not eating any eggs or babies of any declining bird populations - like the black rat snakes are harming our declining bluebirds.

[Ian George]

Great to see such fine specimen. We do not have anything like this over here.

[winghong_ho]

I don't know much about snakes. For me, all kinds of snakes are dangerous.

[Steve Chappell]

Great capture! And a great lesson on their role

[Corinne C]

A beautiful snake, impressive too!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@marlboromaam no this is the native snake in its native environment, keeping prey population healthy and strong 😁

[LManning (Laura)]

It’s wonderfully glossy. Quite the specimen!

[Valerie Chesney]

Such a superb capture!

[Jane Pittenger]

Like the curves though I’m not fond of venomous snakes

[Rick]

Yeah, I'm not too fond of any of the snakes, but can tolerate the do good snakes. :-) Great shot.

[Harry J Benson]

Nice capture

[Shutterbug]

Reminds me of our rattlesnake, not in appearance, but in importance to our ecosystem and in not being aggressive.

[Shutterbug]

Reminds me of our rattlesnake, not in appearance, but in importance to our ecosystem and in not being aggressive. @shutterbug49

[Diana]

Well spotted and captured, as long as it went its way!

[Boxplayer]

Wonderful wonderful, I adore snakes but we only have 3 small species here and they're quite rare.

[Julie Duncan]

Very THICC! Lovely shot!

[Merrelyn]

I didn't know about the king brown predation. I can appreciate the colours of these guys but I'm glad that they live on your side of the country not mine :)

[Denise Wood]

Great photo - but I'm glad it's not at my back door!