The Mulga Snake is a member of the black snake family. It is a sturdy snake with broad head. The colour is variable. Most specimens are mid-brown, some with a coppery tinge, others being quite dark. Scales can be shaded light and dark given snake a delicate pattern. source: OZ Animals
| Australian iconic species | |
| Venomous snakes |
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Pseudechis australis |
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Naja australis J.E. Gray, 1842 | |
| Published in: Gray, J.E. 1842. Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Australian reptiles and batrachians. The Zoological Miscellany pp. 51-57 | |
| Pseudechis darwiniensis Macleay, 1878 | |
| Published in: Macleay, W. 1878. Notes on a collection of snakes from Port Darwin. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Vol. 2 pp. 219-222 | |
| Pseudechis cupreus (part.) Boulenger, 1896 | |
| Published in: Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). 3 London : British Museum pp. xiv 727 pp. 25 pls | |
| Pseudechis denisonioides Werner, 1909 | |
| Published in: Werner, F. 1909. Reptilia (Geckonidae und Scincidae). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens Vol. 2 pp. 251-278 | |
| Pseudechis platycephalus Thomson, 1933 | |
| Published in: Thomson, D.F. 1933. Notes on the Australian snakes of the genera Pseudechis and Oxyuranus. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 1933 pp. 855-860 | |
| Denisonia brunnea Mitchell, 1951 | |
| Published in: Mitchell, F.J. 1951. The South Australian reptile fauna. Part 1. Ophidia. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. Vol. 9 pp. 545-557 | |
| Cannia centralis Wells & Wellington, 1985 | |
| Published in: Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Aust. J. Herpetol. Suppl. Ser. Vol. 1 pp. 1-61 | |
| Pailsus pailsi Hoser, 1998 | |
| Published in: Hoser, R. 1998. A new snake from Queensland, Australia (Serpentes: Elapidae). Monitor Vol. 10 (1) pp. 5-9, 31 | |
| Common name | Source |
|---|---|
| Mulga Snake | |
| King Brown Snake | |
| King Brown Or Mulga Snake |
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