Drysdalia rhodogaster
7 Mustard-bellied Snake at Maloneys Beach, NSW
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| Drysdalia rhodogaster | BrianLR | 20 Mar 2025 | |
| Pseudonaja textilis | CarbonAI | 13 Mar 2025 | |
| Drysdalia rhodogaster | RomanSoroka | 13 Mar 2025 |
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4 comments
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?
26 Mar 2025
I think it was a territorial dispute. After wrestling for about 2 minutes they disengaged and went their separate ways.
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
- Places Maloneys Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 12 Mar 2025 02:27 PM Recorded on
- RomanSoroka Recorded by
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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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
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- More than one media file
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- GPS evidence of location
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