title: Pygmy mulga snake
text: # Pygmy mulga snake
  
  The pygmy mulga snake (Pseudechis weigeli), also commonly known as the pygmy king brown snake, is a species of venomous snake in the black snake genus Pseudechis in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Australia.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  In Australia P. weigeli is endemic to the Kimberley ranges.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitats of P. weigeli are forest and savanna.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  P. weigeli is ovoviviparous.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  P. weigeli was genetically confirmed as a distinct species in 2017. Within the genus Pseudechis it is most closely related to the eastern dwarf mulga snake (P. pailsei) and an as yet undescribed species from the Northern Territory.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, weigeli, is in honor of Australian herpetologist John Randall Weigel (born 1955).
  
  