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AN AUSTRALIAN SNARE
NEW PLYMOUTH, Alarch 27
While walking along the Bell 810c 1 •beach • .Mr W. Anneav v,-a, s eurprisof to see a live snake on tho .sand. - Whe: he approached the snake r eared up an' Mr A'nne r, taking great care, securer it with a- r.octse. of flax. He placed i J in/ fresh water but subsequently fount it dead- " .
The snajjgjg. has now been identified b; Mr Y. W. 'Smith, a we'l-known naturalist, os a native of "Australia, k'liown fir the golden band water snake, mid-, very poisonous. Mr Smith s~y>3 it is eight or nine .years, sin-cg a. .of . thb species wais found on the coast, and thait- the one -caught <by ( Mr -Annear it the finest' specimen he lias seen'. , The snake is’2ft. 4ini long," black oh the back; add greyish in colour under neath. There is a yellow stripe extend: ing-on either gide of the body.. •
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 March 1933, Page 3
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155UNWELCOME VISITOR Hokitika Guardian, 29 March 1933, Page 3
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