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Sighting 3387867

Austrelaps ramsayi

Highlands Copperhead at Cotter River, ACT

Austrelaps ramsayi at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Oct 2017 02:44 PM
Austrelaps ramsayi at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Oct 2017 02:44 PM
Austrelaps ramsayi at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Oct 2017 02:44 PM
Austrelaps ramsayi at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Oct 2017 02:44 PM
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Identification history

Austrelaps ramsayi 25 May 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Austrelaps ramsayi 26 Dec 2017 jmcleod

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User's notes

Bit hard to tell as it was folded up, but it looked like a fairly small beastie, sunning itself in a small open patch among the shrubs, and not at all inclined to move despite being almost stepped on.

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Additional information

  • Unknown Gender

Species information

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

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