Austrelaps ramsayi

Highlands Copperhead at Rendezvous Creek, ACT

Austrelaps ramsayi at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 22 Jan 2016
Austrelaps ramsayi at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 22 Jan 2016
Austrelaps ramsayi at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 22 Jan 2016
Austrelaps ramsayi at Rendezvous Creek, ACT - 22 Jan 2016
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Identification history

Austrelaps ramsayi 22 Jan 2016 wombey
Pseudechis porphyriacus 22 Jan 2016 jackfrench

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3 comments

AaronClausen wrote:
   23 Jan 2016
Totally awesome sighting..!
jackfrench wrote:
   23 Jan 2016
Thanks Aaron the photo does no justice this was a very large snake in both width and length
wombey wrote:
   23 Jan 2016
Copperheads can always be identified from Red-bellied Black Snakes by the white bars on the lips, clearly present here

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  • Austrelaps ramsayi Scientific name
  • Highlands Copperhead Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1759.9m Recorded at altitude
  • 111 images trained Machine learning

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