Highly venomous snake native to southeastern Australia
Austrelaps ramsayi
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Elapidae
Genus:
Austrelaps
Species:
A. ramsayi
Binomial name
Austrelaps ramsayi
(Krefft, 1864)
Synonyms[2]
Hoplocephalus ramsayi Krefft, 1864
Denisonia ramsayi — Boulenger, 1896
Austrelaps ramsayi — Rawlinson, 1991
The highland copperhead (Austrelaps ramsayi), also known as Ramsay's copperhead,[3] is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae endemic to Australia.
^Shea, G.; Cogger, H.; Greenlees, M. (2018). "Austrelaps ramsayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T102704076A102704088. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T102704076A102704088.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^Species Austrelaps ramsayi at The Reptile Database
. www.reptile-database.org.
^Cite error: The named reference EDR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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