The Spotted mulga snake is endemic to which country?

The spotted mulga snake ('Pseudechis butleri' ), also known commonly is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Western Australia. It is a member of the genus 'Pseudechis,' dangerously venomous snakes that can intimidate an opponent by raising the head and presenting a hood. This cobra-like threat display is supported by the ability to produce a very large amount of venom.

It is a species of the 'Pseudechis,' a genus of large front-fanged venomous snakes. The species is similar to the common mulga 'P. australis,' a larger and widespread snake which occurs in sympatry at parts of central Western Australia.

It is spotted with yellow or yellow-green scales and does not usually exceed a total length (including tail) of 1.6 m (5.2 ft). The snout-to-vent length (SVL) is up to 1.56 m (5.1 ft), and the tail length is around 15% of the SVL. The dorsal scales of the body are occasionally all black, but most of the upper body is covered in yellow or brownish scales with black bases. The colour of the head and neck tends to completely black. The neck is slightly defined from the head, broad and slightly larger than the robust body.

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Fern Russell

If it’s a snake, pick Australia

Gary Chadwick

Not one I have heard of before, but the name Mulga which is a n Aust tree gave it away. then you have the classic poem by A b (Banjo) Patterson - "Mulga Bill's Bicycle"

Leapy Lee

Mulga was the giveaway.

Christine Parrillo

Leapy Lee, I was incorrect. Scotland does have snakes, but Hawaii does not. Thank you, Christine, James' wife

Leapy Lee

Louella Wilson, not the number of species, but the total number of birds co pared with the amount of fauna.

Louella Wilson

Leapy Lee, you have made some good comments. But where did find your bird information? It ia way off. "Australia is home to about 830 species – more if you include neighbouring islands – nearly one in 10 of the world’s 10,000 or so living bird species. About 45% of these are endemics, found nowhere else." "New Zealand bird fauna is comprised of about 206 breeding species, of which 94 (46%) are endemic (i.e. found only in New Zealand), another 76 are native, but also occur elsewhere (37%), and 37 (18%) are introduced." The majority of the world's passerine and song birds originate in Australia.

Christine Parrillo

Leapy Lee, Thank you again for the extra information. I know that Australia is full of creatures to fear being near. I may have once read in an explanation that NZ has fewer animals than Australia. The players from both Australia and New Zealand seem to have such a friendly bond and respect for one another, yet are worlds apart. Christine, James' wife

Leapy Lee

james parrillo, we (Australia) have completely different flora and fauna than NZ. We have all the bitey things (snakes, crocs, nasty spiders, deadly jellyfish etc) and marsupials, as well as having a very diverse geography and climate. NZ is more temperate with way less diversity and very few mammals, but way more bird species than we have in Oz. Our indigenous peoples are very different than the NZ Maori who are Polynesian and more closely related to native Hawaiians than our Aborigines. So, we are very different countries, our commonalities are that we were colonised by the British and all speak English.

Pat Wells

Snakes have beautiful patterns on their skin. They are usually very afraid of humans and will slither off if people leave them alone.

earlepg

Chose Australia. They don't have all the deadly snakes, but they seem to have a bunch.

Christine Parrillo

Leapy Lee, Wow! Ireland, Scotland, and NZ. I wonder why one does and the neighbor does not. Thank you again, Christine, James' wife

Leapy Lee

james parrillo, NZ doesn’t have snakes, so there is another tip next time you get a random snake question!

Christine Parrillo

Leapy Lee, Thank you. With two references you knew for mulga, it was a simple question for you. I picked the neighbor, New Zealand. Now, we will know three examples for the term mulga. Christine, James' wife

Leapy Lee

james parrillo, mulga is a native shrub in Australia. It is also used in the title of a very famous poem called Mulga Bill’s Bicycle by Banjo Patterson.