Austrelaps ramsayi (KREFFT, 1864)
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Highlands Copperhead |
Synonym | Hoplocephalus ramsayi KREFFT 1864: 180 Hoplocephalus ramsayi KREFFT 1865: 67 Denisonia superba BOULENGER 1896 (part.) ? Hoplocephalus bransbyi MACLEAY 1878 Hoplocephalus brankysi — GOLDMAN, HILL & STANBURY 1969 (in errore) Austrelaps superbus — COGGER 1983: 218 Austrelaps ramsayi — RAWLINSON 1991 Austrelaps ramsayi — WELCH 1994: 27 Austrelaps ramsayi — COGGER 2000: 771 Austrelaps ramsayi — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Austrelaps ramsayi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 86 Austrelaps ramsayi — MIRTSCHIN et al. 2017 Austrelaps ramsayi — EIPPER & EIPPER 2024: 92 |
Distribution | Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) Type locality: “neighbourhood of Braidwood", N. S. W.; neotype locality: Moss Vale |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Neotype: AMS R31922, (formerly MAMU R541, MR1362), designated by Rawlinson (1991). Original holotype: AMS 6642, now lost, presented by E.P. Ramsay. Holotype: AM R31922, from Sutton Forest, N. S. W. [Hoplocephalus bransbyi] Neotype: designated by Rawlinson (1991). |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1450 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Formerly included as part of Austrelaps superbus. Venomous! |
Etymology | Named after Edward Pearson Ramsay (1842-1916), an Australian naturalist, oologist, and ornithologist who was Curator of the Australian Museum (1874-1894) and remained the museum's consulting ornithologist (1895-1916). |
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