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Spotted mulga snake Pseudechis butleri
This species is a close relative of, and very similar to the King brown snake (Pseudechis Australis) but are generally smaller with their average maximum size being 160 cm. The top of the head and neck are almost completely bluish black, and the back, sides and tail are predominately bluish black with an irregular yellowish spotting as a result of some scales having an anterior yellow area. The skin between the scales is also black.
It occupies an area in the southern Western Australian temperate arid to sub-arid plains, with Mulga woodland and Acacia shrub land and rocky outcrops, as it shelters in abandoned animal burrows, in rock crevices and cavities and under fallen timber. It eats mostly lizards, but also other snakes and mammals. The female lays an average of nine soft shelled eggs. The Spotted Mulga Snake has a defensive stance very similar to that of the Mulga Snake.
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