7 Mustard-bellied Snake at Maloneys Beach, NSW
Identification history
| Drysdalia rhodogaster | 20 Mar 2025 | BrianLR | ||
| Pseudonaja textilis | 13 Mar 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Drysdalia rhodogaster | 13 Mar 2025 | RomanSoroka |
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4 comments
PatrickCampbell2
wrote:
26 Mar 2025
@RomanSoroka - Great capture! I've never seen or heard of this species combatting (or cannibalizing?) before.
Can you tell us anything about this apparent snake fight?
Can you tell us anything about this apparent snake fight?
RomanSoroka
wrote:
26 Mar 2025
I think it was a territorial dispute. After wrestling for about 2 minutes they disengaged and went their separate ways.
PatrickCampbell2
wrote:
26 Mar 2025
Thanks Roman. A very interesting and valuable photographic document of this rarely observed behaviour.
Very well done!
Very well done!
Location information
- Coordinates 150.257944-35.715834
- Maps Murramarang National Park
- Places Maloneys Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 12 Mar 2025 02:27 PM Recorded on
- RomanSoroka Recorded by
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Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Drysdalia rhodogaster Scientific name
- Mustard-bellied Snake Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 693m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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