Highlands Copperhead at Glen Allen, NSW
Identification history
| Austrelaps ramsayi | 14 May 2024 | BrianLR | ||
| Pseudechis porphyriacus | 14 May 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Austrelaps ramsayi | 14 May 2024 | JBrickhill |
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User's notes
Dark (black) dorsal colour, yellow edged belly scales
2 comments
JBrickhill
wrote:
14 May 2024
I have seen about 5 copperhead snakes at this site, but there are no local sightings of red bellied black snakes
BrianLR
wrote:
14 May 2024
Definitely a Copperhead, as noted by your observations of the dark dorsal surface, cream ventral surface and margins of the lower labial scales.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.394877-36.690483
- Places Glen Allen, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Apr 2024 03:30 PM Recorded on
- JBrickhill Recorded by
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JBrickhill Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Austrelaps ramsayi Snakes Reptiles and Frogs
Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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