Austrelaps ramsayi
Highlands Copperhead at Namadgi National Park
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| Austrelaps ramsayi | WillO | 27 Feb 2024 | |
| Pseudechis porphyriacus | CarbonAI | 27 Feb 2024 | |
| Unverified | ChrisHolder | 25 Feb 2024 |
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2 comments
25 Feb 2024
It is a Copperhead and the diagnostic feature is the white markings on each lip scale. Not visible here but the flat matt dorsal colouring rather than glossy black for Black Snake is also helpful for id.
27 Feb 2024
Also on underside of the neck can see the start of those pale yellowish ventro-lateral scales. I will change the identification to A. ramsayi
Location information
- Coordinates 148.834853-35.531490
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 25 Feb 2024 11:00 AM Recorded on
- ChrisHolder Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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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
3 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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