The Australian Red Bellied Black Snake is a swamp snake, food consists of frogs, skinks, mice and snakes.This snake is rated at #20 in the worlds most deadly snakes, it is a cannibal, its is immune to all other deadly snakes. But his venom, is deadly to all Australias most deadly snakes. This snake will kill and eat its own kind to survive, even its own young. In Rural Australia water is often gathered from artesian bores, roof rain water tanks or shipped in by bulk water carriers to inground tanks. The snake in this picture was rescued from 30x10ft inground water tank. They enter the tank in from the over flow in search of frogs lizards, snakes and rodents.