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Austrelaps ramsayi (Highlands Copperhead)

Synonyms: Denisonia superba (heterotypic); Hoplocephalus bransbyi; Hoplocephalus ramsayi

Wikipedia Abstract

Austrelaps ramsayi, commonly known as the highlands copperhead, Ramsay's copperhead, or the yellow-bellied black snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
View Wikipedia Record: Austrelaps ramsayi

Attributes

Birth Weight [1]  4 grams
Female Maturity [1]  8 months 18 days
Male Maturity [1]  6 months 6 days
Litter Size [2]  15
Venomous [3]  Yes

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Australian Alps montane grasslands Australia Australasia Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Eastern Australian temperate forests Australia Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Southeast Australia temperate forests Australia Australasia Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Austrelaps superbus (Lowlands Copperhead, Copperhead Snake)4
Demansia psammophis (Yellow-faced Whipsnake, Yellow-Faced Whip Snake)3
Furina diadema (Red-naped Snake)1
Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Broad-headed Snake)1
Suta flagellum (Whip Hooded Snake, Little Whip Snake)3

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Ecological Ramifications of Prey Size: Food Habits and Reproductive Biology of Australian Copperhead Snakes (Austrelaps, Elaidae), Richard Shine, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 21-28, 1987
♦ 3Living Hazards Database, Armed Forces Pest Management Board, U.S. Army Garrison - Forest Glen
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0