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.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.291111-34.683718
- Maps Bundanoon Morton National Park Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Places Bundanoon, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 6 Mar 2021 04:24 PM Recorded on
- Sarah2019 Recorded by
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Reptiles and Frogs Snakes Sarah2019 Southern Highlands NatureMapr
Species information
- Drysdalia rhodogaster Scientific name
- Mustard-bellied Snake Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 693m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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