| highlands copperhead | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Austrelaps |
| Species: | A. ramsayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Austrelaps ramsayi (Krefft, 1864) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Hoplocephalus ramsayi Krefft, 1864 |
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Austrelaps ramsayi, the highlands copperhead, is a venomous species of snake.
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It inhabits the Alpine regions of eastern Australia.
It is found in montane heath, woodland, sclerophyll forests, along water bodies, and in swampy areas with thick clumps of tussock grass[1].
The species has an average length of 113 cm (44 inches).
Austrelaps ramsayi is ovoviviparous, with between 9 and 31 young per brood. [2]