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keelback

Pronunciation: /ˈkiːlbak/

Definition of keelback

noun

  • a harmless Australian snake which lives close to water, where it feeds exclusively on frogs and the cane toad, whose venom it is immune to.
    • Amphiesma mairii, family Colubridae

Origin:

so named because each scale on the back has a keel