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AN AUSTRALIAN SNAKE DISCOVERY ON A BEACH [by telegraph—own correspondent] NEW PLYMOUTH, Friday While walking along the Bell Block beach, Mr. W. Annear was surprised to see a live snake on tho sand. When he approached the snake reared up and Mr. Annear, taking great care, secured it with a noose of flax. He placed it in fresh water but subsequently found it dead.
The snake has now been identified by Mr. W. W. Smith, a well-known naturalist, as a native of Australia, known as tho golden band water snake, and very poisonous. Mr. Smith says it is eight or nine years since a snake of this species was found on the coast, and that the one caught by Mr. Annear is the finest specimen he has seen.
The snake is 2ft. 4in. long, black on the back, and greyish in colour underneath. There is a yellow stripe extending on either side of the body.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21450, 25 March 1933, Page 10
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