Mustard-bellied Snake at Bundanoon
Identification history
| Drysdalia rhodogaster | 28 Mar 2021 | PatrickCampbell | ||
| Austrelaps ramsayi | 8 Mar 2021 | Boobook38 | ||
| Austrelaps ramsayi | 8 Mar 2021 | Sarah2019 |
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User's notes
Baby copperhead dead on the side of the road. Looks to have been run over.
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PatrickCampbell
wrote:
28 Mar 2021
The prominent orange to yellow band across the neck and distinctive mustard-coloured belly distinguishes this specimen as Drysdalia rhodogaster. The black pigment between the ventral scales (predominantly towards the ends) and grey crown are also characteristics of D. rhodogaster.
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Location information
- Coordinates 150.291111-34.683718
- Maps Morton National Park Bundanoon Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Places Bundanoon, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 6 Mar 2021 04:24 PM Recorded on
- Sarah2019 Recorded by
Species information
- Drysdalia rhodogaster Scientific name
- Mustard-bellied Snake Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 693m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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