Red Bellied Black snakes and placental transfer

[$NaKe PiMp]

Some interesting pics of newborn Pseudechis porphyriacus that where born in my care recently,displayed there "umbilical cord" you could call it,even though the developing embryo is not physically attached to a placenta as in a placental mammal,there is however,what appears to be some placental transfer between the developing young and the mother in the form of exchange of electrolytes and Amino Acids. This is unique in the snake world,it hasnt been observed in any other snake species.
(photography by Gaz Mo)

 

[jack]

cool. good work rob, some actual stuff on here to get the grey cells humming

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

yea jack its a bit of a change from,help me name my spotted or im a bad snake mummy threads that proliferate the forum
but as usual you get the same threads asking the same questions over and over

 

[Sutto82]

So would it be safe to say Rob that it will have an 'outy' belly button as opposed to the other black snakes in the playground?