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Austrelaps ramsayi (KREFFT, 1864)

IUCN Red List - Austrelaps ramsayi - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaElapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Highlands Copperhead 
SynonymHoplocephalus 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 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, Victoria)

Type locality: “neighbourhood of Braidwood", N. S. W.; neotype locality: Moss Vale  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesNeotype: 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). 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1450 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFormerly included as part of Austrelaps superbus.

Venomous! 
EtymologyNamed 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). 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Blackburn, D.G. & Stewart, J.R. 2011. Viviparity and placentation in snakes. In Aldridge & Sever (eds), Reproductive biology and phylogeny in snakes. CRC Press, pp. 119-181 - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
  • Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Eipper T & Eipper S 2024. SNAKES OF AUSTRALIA. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 368 pp. - get paper here
  • Goldman, J., Hill, L. & Stanbury, P. J. 1969. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. II. Amphibians and Reptiles. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 93: 427-438 - get paper here
  • Krefft, G. 1864. Descriptions of three new species of Australian snakes. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1864: 180-182 - get paper here
  • Krefft, G. 1865. Description of three new species of Australian snakes. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 15: 66-68 - get paper here
  • Macleay, W. 1878. On a new species of Hoplocephalus, from Sutton Forest. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 3: 52-54 - get paper here
  • Mirtschin, P., Rasmussen, A.R. & Weinstein, S.A. 2017. Australia’s Dangerous snakes. CSIRO Publishing, 424 pp. - get paper here
  • Rawlinson P A 1991. Taxonomy and distribution of the Australian tiger snakes (Notechis) and copperheads (Austrelaps) (Serpentes, Elapidae). ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA PROCEEDINGS 103 (2): 125-135
  • Swan, G.; Sadlier, R.; Shea, G. 2017. A field guide to reptiles of New South Wales. Reed New Holland, 328 pp.
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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