In lieu of these he possesses a double row of sharp teeth; and, like the "black snake," the "whip," and others of the genus coluber, he is extremely swift, and possesses certain powers of constriction, which are mostly wanting in serpents of the venomous tribes.
"The Boy Hunters"
Captain Mayne Reid
The other animals of this country; the numerous, curious, and beautiful birds, which abound there; and the various reptiles which have been discovered, have been already sufficiently described: More of the latter, however, have subsequently been discovered to be of a venomous nature than was formerly conjectured; and the bite of several species of the coluber, or Snake, have proved, in various instances, fatal, in the course of a very few minutes after the wound has been received.
"The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811)"
David Dickinson Mann
1. Crimson-sided Snake, coluber porphyraicus, Shaw Zool.
"Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2)"
George Grey