Spotted Black Snake
Pseudechis guttatus
- Venom
- Venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Elapid
- Family
- Elapidae
- Genus
- Pseudechis
- Continents
- Oceania
- Countries
- 1
- How common
- Common
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Spotted Black Snake (Pseudechis guttatus) is a venomous elapid of the family Elapidae, found in Australia. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical seasonal forest, subtropical forest and 22 more. Common: recorded in 132 places on iNaturalist.
Where it lives
Native range
Habitats
Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Eucalyptus Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Dry Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Shrubland
- Heathland
- Coastal Scrub
- Queensland Tropical Rainforest
- Queensland Wet Tropics
- Australian Eucalyptus Woodland
- Australian Savanna
- Australian Coastal Heathland
- Australian Mulga Woodland
Related snakes
- Australian black snake Pseudechis porphyriacus
- Collett's Snake Pseudechis colletti
- Papuan Blacksnake Pseudechis papuanus
- Butler's Snake Pseudechis butleri
- Mulga Snake Pseudechis australis
- Pygmy Mulga Snake Pseudechis weigeli
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.