In December of 1978, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed hazardous waste management standards that included reduced requirements for several types of large volume wastes.
Sometimes they have a black or olive-brown base color. Some have a lighter tan base color. As with most snakes, the belly is a lighter color, usually a yellowish cream color. Some specimens have lighter-colored bands running the length of their bodies. Refer to the king cobra pictures above.
Closely related to the Northern Brown Snake, The Redbellied snake is a small fossorial serpent with a highly variable dorsal ground color. The dorsum can be gray, tan, yellow, or brown and may have a single broad stripe down the center or up to 4 or 5 faint stripes. The belly is usually brilliant red, but also may be yellow, orange, or in some populations, black. 3 faint spots can be found on the neck, sometimes fusing to form a collar. The scales are keeled and the anal plate is divided.