Austrelaps ramsayi
2 Highlands Copperhead at Cotter River, ACT
Identify this sighting
| Austrelaps ramsayi | wombey | 8 Nov 2021 | |
| Austrelaps ramsayi | BrianH | 8 Nov 2021 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
First one I’ve seen this spring. This individual was in an unburnt area. Last spring I saw several copperheads in burnt areas too. I wonder if consumption of leaf litter has reduced lizard numbers in burnt areas and hence also copperhead numbers?
Be the first to comment
Location information
- Coordinates 148.778856-35.526436
- Altitude 1670.4m
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Nov 2021 02:43 PM Recorded on
- BrianH Recorded by
Collections
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
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- More than one media file
- Additional attributes