‘They’ll swim, they’ll climb trees’: experts hissue warning over snakes on the flood plains

Experts say snakes such as deadly brown snakes will try to get out while aquatic types such as the red-bellied black snake will be all right in the water. Photograph: Supplied/PR image

Snakes on the plains will seek shelter in back yards and homes as the flood waters from the eastern states surge down the system into South Australia.

The state’s flood plains and relatively flat topography will slow the advance of the water from New South Wales and Victoria, before it is channelled into the River Murray.