<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> Trimeresurus leptocephalus Lacépède Acanthophis tortor Lesson Naja porphyrica Schlegel </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> Trimeresurus leptocephalus Lacépède Acanthophis tortor Lesson Naja porphyrica Schlegel </P> <P> The red - bellied black snake (Pseudechis porphyriacus) is a species of elapid snake native to eastern Australia . Though its venom is capable of causing significant morbidity, a bite from it is not generally fatal and is less venomous than other Australian elapid snakes . It is common in woodlands, forests and swamplands of eastern Australia . It is one of Australia's best - known snakes, as it is common in urban areas along the eastern coast of Australia . It has an average total length (including tail) of 1.5 to 2 metres (4 ft 11 in to 6 ft 7 in). </P> <P> The red - bellied black snake was described by George Shaw in Zoology of New Holland (1794), placing it in the genus Coluber . He wrote, "This beautiful snake, which appears to be unprovided with tubular teeth or fangs, and consequently not of a poisonous nature, is three, sometimes four, feet in nature ." The species name is derived from the Ancient Greek porphyreus, which can mean "dark purple", red - purple" or "beauteous". It was the first Australian elapid snake described . The accompanying illustration was attributed to James Sowerby, but is regarded as being produced from drawings by John White . The syntype is presumed lost . French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède described it under the name Trimeresurus leptocephalus in 1804 . His countryman René Lesson described it as Acanthophis tortor in 1826 . </P>

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