Red Bellied Black Snake

venomous snake native to eastern Australia
Taxon taxon Q2005433
Red Bellied Black Snake
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Red Bellied Black Snake

Summary

Red Bellied Black Snake is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.56% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,661 views/month, #1,088 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Red Bellied Black Snake's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake belongs to the parent taxon Pseudechis[6].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake is endemic to Australia[7].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's scientific name is Pseudechis porphyriacus[8].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's Commons category is recorded as Pseudechis porphyriacus[9].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pseudechis porphyriacus[10].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's Commons gallery is recorded as Pseudechis porphyriacus[11].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's main food source is recorded as fish[12].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's main food source is recorded as tadpole[13].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's main food source is recorded as frog[14].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's main food source is recorded as lizard[15].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's main food source is recorded as snake[16].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's main food source is recorded as Red Bellied Black Snake[17].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's main food source is recorded as mammal[18].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's original combination is recorded as Coluber porphyriacus[19].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'zwarte adder'}[20].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Red-bellied black snake'}[21].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.75'}[22].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's habitat is recorded as land[23].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+12'}[24].
  • Red Bellied Black Snake's diel cycle is recorded as diurnality[25].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Red Bellied Black Snake is Pseudechis porphyriacus[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Pseudechis[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'zwarte adder'}[20] and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Red-bellied black snake'}[21].

Distribution

Red Bellied Black Snake is endemic to Australia[7].

Identifiers

Red Bellied Black Snake's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 35153[26]. Red Bellied Black Snake's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8671[27]. Red Bellied Black Snake's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1055554[28]. Red Bellied Black Snake's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2449538[29]. Red Bellied Black Snake's ITIS TSN is recorded as 700658[30].

Why It Matters

Red Bellied Black Snake ranks in the top 0.56% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,661 views/month, #1,088 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . australian.museum. Retrieved . australian.museum. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Australian Snakes Do Not Follow Bergmann’s Rule. wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . A neglected life‐history trait: clutch‐size variance in snakes. wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Australian Snakes Do Not Follow Bergmann’s Rule. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Length → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.75'}
    Litter size → {'amount': '+12'}
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    Taxon rank → species
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