SPOTTED MULGA (BUTLER’S) SNAKE

Scientific name: Pseudechis butleri

Family: Elapidae

Order: Squamata

Status: Venomous

Habitat and Distribution

 

Shelters in abandoned animal burrows, under fallen timber, and in rock crevices and cavities in the arid southern interior.

About the animal:

• Named after Harry Butler;
• Black with patches of yellow;
• Grow to about 1.6m;
• Even tempered unless provoked;
• When agitated, it flattens its neck in a cobra-like fashion and fans itself from side to side;
• Oviparous (lays eggs).

What they eat?

Spotted Mulga snake feeds mostly on lizards, but snakes and mammals are also taken.