Really good informative presentation my friend. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Greetings from Melbourne, Australia.

I’ve never heard of these! What a spectacular critter 😍

How have I not heard of these snakes before??? I'm constantly amazed by Australian wildlife, you're so lucky to have such a beautiful variety of animals.

Always love your videos buddy. All the best and keep em coming.

I got extremely lucky with an encounter with one of these guys about the same size as the specimen shown around 2004. I was a good hour into a bush walk at Glenbawn dam one afternoon, when I accidentally step across one laying in a crack in the rock I was walking across. I was not expecting to see a snake there at all because the area was completely exposed. The snake instantly reared up as we spotted each other, and as I instinctively jumped back, I fell over and it struck the sole of my boot. I had never heard of a blue bellied black snake before, but I got a very close look at that guy and recognised it as looking like a red belly, only with a blue belly instead. Later while searching the internet to identify it, discovered one of the few people who had been seriously bitten by one was a farmer living in the local area. Was amazed to discover Id seen such a rare snake in the wild, while horrified at the same time of the ramifications if it managed to get its venom into me. Ive since discovered that snakes like to lay along cracks and concrete edges, and Im more careful now. Ive almost stepped across a couple of brown snakes in that situation since including the step at my back door!

Came across one years ago while pig hunting but couldn't identify it. Nobody with me knew either. Even living out there with them we didn't know about them. It's a beautiful snake and I'm quite proud I can now say I've met one. And survived unharmed😁 It even tops coming face to face with a huge King Brown curled up on top of the hay bale stack.

Australia snakes are awesome ..so big. It's crazy how adaptable they are

I live learning from you, Nick! KOKO Keep On Keeping On! See you in your next video!👋🏾🥰👍🏾😇🙏

What a unit! And you're right mate. Never heard of this snake. Thank you again for all the education you provide.

That is a beautiful snake. Thanks for sharing.

I love our Australian wildlife and am always trying to learn more about them, and yet I didn't know this guy existed! Thanks for the video!

Spotted Black Snakes certainly don’t get the attention that they deserve, but I think they’re amazing. I learned a ton as always, great work Nick! - Harrison and Evan

One of my most favorite venomous snake species, Australia has such a unique venomous species that i really love to see in person, Papuan Black snake is also my favorite, the most toxic of all the pseudechis species, But in terms of temperament, Papuan black snake seems to be much more skittish and flighty than Spotted black snake (seems timid and calmer)

One of my favourite Australian snake thank you for the video and of course my favourite Australian snake is a red bellied black snake of course

I've actually seen a blue-bellied Balack snake, but the belly was a bright cobalt blue: quite spectacular! And also a yellow-bellied Black snake, and that had a lemon yellow belly, but with some real tone/substance to the colour. What you describe as a `spotted black snake' sounds very much like the Collette snake found out in the dry pebble country.

Best KZfaq channel on Australian wildlife 👍👍

Never even heard of this snake so thanks for keeping me informed

ever since i started liking reptiles these guys have always been the coolest to me

Wow alot of places say they are not as venomous as a red belly. I'm glad you did this video. Beautiful snake

Years ago I lived in a NSW town, Coonabarabran, in the time I lived there I came across the Blue belly Black snake several times. It’s a snake hardly anyone knows about, and if I mentioned it, people look at me like I had lost the plot.

So glad we done have em

Some of the best snake content on KZfaq! Thanks Nick!

I knew very little of the thIngs you taught in this video - only seen one once, long ago. I cut the head off a Red Belly a few days ago - it had been squished upon the road, innards everywhere but still alive. I hate to see anything suffer so I dragged it to the roadside and despatched it. It was an otherwise amazingly gorgeous specimen.

That has quite a hood! :)

Very interesting and informative. Love your videos mate. 👍

A very well behaved snake 🐍

Hes a big boy Sir.

Styx River NSW, lots of them very blue underbelly, fascinating snake

Interesting Nick that its more venomous than a king brown, he's a beauty. Buster better be careful.

Pretty sure that was the type of black snake I encountered in Kingsthorpe west of Toowoomba on a hilltop. Magnificent creature it was and jet black about 5 ' long in old money. Thanks for identifying that one because at the time I wondered why a redbelly would be so far from a creek or dam..

Amazing head shape got a very fierce look to them Nick cheers mate great video

Brilliant video mate. Coming from the uk, I’ve heard of the common big name snakes but definitely didn’t know about this guy. Been in aus 9 years never knew it existed. Well done!

Mate I’ve been watching your videos, been an avid hiker/camper in NSW, been to the Amazon jungle in Peru and went out at night searching for anacondas, I’ve been to a snake farm in Thailand and held a king cobra by the tail while it reared up, got bitten by a jumping snake, got a reticulated python wrapped around me and felt he indescribable strength of it while it constricted me, it took four Thai guys to unravel it and still I’m terrified of snakes.

Up around Inverell/Copeton noerthern nsw these are easy to distinguish from red bellies at a distance, they have the spots and are no where near as glossy

Hey its the smat guy with the HAT

When leaving out near Dubbo we had one of these in our backyard and the belly was a brilliant iridescent blue. It was the most stunning snake I have seen although with my dogs barking at it, well it did get a bit upset so we did get to see the curl for a strike, although we did get the dogs away in time. Gorgeous snake.

Great on you mate for the information

He’s a beauty! Heard of them but have never seen one.

Fascinating

My dad has these blue bellied black snakes on his property,along with death adders,king browns,eastern browns,red bellied blacks. Sth western downs region of Queensland.

Glad your educating people of these beautiful animals , with education hopefully these snakes can live a peaceful life without being hunted .

There are some at Gold Creek in Brisbane.

I saw one at Southern Cross Uni in Lismore. Its belly was clearly blue.

Never heard of them before thank you for sharing

Stumbled on your channel last week with one of your inland taipan ‘slug’ videos, so I subscribed. Great content mate! Seems like all the black snake variants are pretty chill/laid back; or is it more an individual snake personality and you just choose the more chilled individuals because it makes video production easier ?

hey mate, just found your channel, love it, and subscribed, as an off road adventure rider I'm terrified of coming across these things. not sure if you're helping me or scaring me but enjoying your presentations heaps. gold coast

Tops Mate... ;)

I remember them, we called them yellow belly.

Never knew it existed. I would think it's a Tiger.

That makes him cathemeral.

Hi

I did a report on one of these as a kid and my teacher failed me because she believed that it wasn't real and i just made it up haha should send her this video.

Had one run over my foot at the black of the wetlands at shortland /sandgate NSW blue Belly black

I think this is the species I found today. It was a baby and wasn't aggressive. Minute in an I find out it's not in NSW. I live on the coast.

That’s cool I never knew

Wow! What an animal. It’s strange i haven’t heard of this bad boy before, especially if it’s venom is more toxic/venomous than the Mulga snake!

I find it interesting that his tongue isn’t doing much, most snakes I’ve seen have the tongue going about as often as a person breathes, is he super comfortable or bored?

Scary!

Saw a mystery snake once, similar but I don't think it was one of these. Perfect sky-blue camouflage underneath. Also bigger. Atherton Tablelands, inland from Cairns. By far the most aggressive I've ever seen. like " ooh I've never killed one of those, now's the chance " . Any ideas ?

Hey Nick i thought tiger snakes were black snake family cant find much info on the differences on the web. Thanks mate

Oh my goodness! I would just have to assume that ALL snakes are venomous in Australia. Blue belly/Spotted black snake may have a grey underbelly and no spots at all?!?! No triangular heads to look for…. I think I would be terrified to live in Australia. I do want to visit it someday but on well guided (safe) tour guides.

Is his nose normally like that....or is he captive bred and caused by repetitive pushing on his nose?

Do these go near wetlands? I'm sure this is the snake I saw in Brisbane.

Wow you pulled that video quick. Good, not right to make money off of sick animals. Hell I didn’t even have time to report it.

Question, Is it possible that a “Brown Snake” can be black in colour certain times of the year. Cheers

is it more venomous than mulga or inland taipen?

Is there a yellow belly blacksnake?

That specimen seems to be alarmed as it's spreading a hood like a cobra!

Has he got a nose rub Nick?

Would they go into a chook at all?

that's the type of snake that nearly killed my house dog . 2 dossers of anti venom and $4000 and 4 day's later my dog survived but only just. it's one bad snake and the one that bit my dog is lucky it disappeared before i could make it disappear. it's not to mess with , more cranky then any brown snake.

I’ve heard they’re rear fangs. Is that true?

Pretty sure I nearly ran over one of these in my 8x8 the other day, the fleeting glance at the time I thought it was a red belly - but after looking at video, I think it was one of these guys, the scales were much more prominent than a red-belly. kzfaq.infoTyAPZEP5pJA?feature=share

Except the blue bellied black snake is not the most venomous black snake, that would be the king brown

The Mulga Snake (aka King Brown) is more venomous and more aggressive than the Blue Bellied Black Snake. Yes the Mulga Snake is a Black Snake. I have erased the beginning of the comment as I was going on per bite not per drop. Sorry.

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do u mean it is the most venomous of snakes called black snakes or the family? i thought king brown was more venomus but obviously you know WAY more than me i must just be uninformed

Be nice to snake? If i saw one i would kill it.