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Sleek slender body with long, very thin tail. Distinctive ridge extends along outer edges of belly making shed skins easily identifiable. Wide colour ranges from green, olive, brown & black to rare blue-grey on upper body. Belly yellow or creamy, with bright yellow present on throat. Some specimens with blue or grey belly but generally maintain the yellow coloration above the ventral ridges. Skin between the scales when spread show as a light sky blue especially after consuming a meal larger than its body diameter or when defensive. Habitat in SE Qld: Wide range of habitats from the periphery of rainforest, wet sclerophyll forests, dry woodland, farmland, and suburban backyards and gardens throughout the region.

above along backyards belly black blue body bright brown coloration colour consuming creamy defensive diameter distinctive dry easily edges extends farmland forests gardens generally green grey habitat habitats identifiable larger light long maintain making meal olive outer present rainforest ranges rare region ridge scales sclerophyll shed show skin skins sleek slender some specimens spread suburban tail thin throat upper ventral very wet woodland yellow