{{Short description|Species of Australian snake}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | status = | status_system = | genus = Suta | species = punctata | authority = (Boulenger, 1896) McDowell, 1970 | range_map = | synonyms = * ''Denisonia punctata'' <small>Boulenger, 1896</small> * ''Rhinoplocephalus punctatus'' <small>Storr, 1984</small> }} '''''Suta punctata''''', also known as the '''spotted snake''' or '''little spotted snake''', is a species of venomous snake that is endemic to Australia. The specific epithet ''punctata'' ("spotted") refers to the body markings.<ref name="arod"/>
==Description== Colouration is reddish-brown on the upper body, with a pale belly and black markings on head and neck. It grows to an average of about 40 cm in length.<ref name="arod">{{cite web |url= http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Elapidae/Suta/punctata|title= Little spotted snake |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=|website= Australian Reptile Online Database |publisher= Stewart Macdonald |access-date= 28 May 2021}}</ref> ==Behaviour== The species is viviparous, with an average litter size of four.<ref name="arod"/> ==Distribution and habitat== The species occurs in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia, in the Northern Territory from the Top End to as far south as Alice Springs, and in north-western Queensland.<ref name="arod"/> The type locality is Port Walcott in the Pilbara.<ref name="rdb">{{cite web |url=https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Suta&species=punctata|title= Suta punctata (BOULENGER, 1896)|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= Reptile Database |publisher= Peter Uetz and Jakob Hallermann |access-date= 28 May 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from= Q3505781}} punctata Category:Snakes of Australia Category:Endemic fauna of Australia Category:Reptiles of the Northern Territory Category:Reptiles of Queensland Category:Reptiles of Western Australia Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Category:Reptiles described in 1896 {{Elapidae-stub}}