Read the following paragraph and answer the question. Give ONLY the answer, no other words or explanation.

For example:

Answer: <most likely answer, as short as possible>.

Paragraph: I saw an Eastern Brown Snake in the pond yesterday . He was about a foot long , afaict , and the diameter of my thumb . That may explain why the number of tadpoles in the pond has been dropping .

Question: What may be a plausible fact about the animal ?
The animal has scales .
It is an Eastern Brown Snake.