Hemiaspis signata

Hemiaspis signata (common names: black-bellied swamp snake^[4] and marsh snake^[5]) is a species of venomous elapid snake endemic to Australia, where it is found along the east coast.^[6]

Hemiaspis signata
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Hemiaspis
Species:	H. signata
Binomial name
Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859)[2]
Synonyms
Alecto signata Jan, 1859 Denisonia signata — Boulenger, 1896 Drepanodontis signata — Rankin, 1972 Hemiaspis signata — Cogger, 1983 [3]

Recognisable by two distinctive narrow white lines on the face, the colour can range from pale olive to black top with a dark grey to black belly. Adults can grow to 70 cm in length, but most specimens are smaller than this. Their diet consists mainly of skinks and frogs.^[5]

It was first described in 1859 by Giorgio Jan as Alecto signata.^[7][8]