Pseudechis porphyriacus

Red-bellied Black Snake at Gurrundah, NSW

Pseudechis porphyriacus at Gurrundah, NSW - 5 Oct 2024 04:25 PM
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Pseudechis porphyriacus 10 Mar 2025 PatrickCampbell2
Pseudechis porphyriacus 5 Oct 2024 CarbonAI
Unidentified 5 Oct 2024 JaneR

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wombey wrote:
   15 Feb 2025
Probably a Pseudechis based on the darkness of the skin
   10 Mar 2025
The head scales also indicate Pseudechis porphyriacus, rather than Pseudonaja textilis, in particular the frontal scale which is more elongate in the latter.

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