The red-bellied black snake is rather dangerous.

It is usually about 1.5 metres long but can grow up to 2.5 metres long. It has a purple-black body and a red-orange coloured belly.

It hunts by day catching frogs, rats, mice, birds, lizards and even fish!

It likes damp places and usually lives in holes, rabbit burrows, hollow logs and under rocks.

It has between 8 and 40 live babies.

The red-bellied black snake is rather shy and will normally leave you alone.

It will only attack if you annoy it. So if you see one don't try to kill it or catch it. Just walk away from it slowly (scary stuff).

Its bite is very very painful and can kill a child and make a grownup very very ill.