Austrelaps sp.

Copperheads at suppressed

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Identification history

Austrelaps sp.	30 Mar 2025	PatrickCampbell2
Pseudonaja textilis	28 Dec 2024	CarbonAI
Pseudonaja textilis	28 Dec 2024	Louisab

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PatrickCampbell2 wrote:

30 Mar 2025

Definitely a copperhead (Austrelaps sp.) and probably Austrelaps superbus, but can't really be sure without seeing the head better, especially the face and particularly the supralabial (upper lip) pattern.

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Austrelaps sp. Scientific name
Copperheads Common name
Unknown
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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