Specimen Z 8869 Austrelaps ramsayi (Krefft, 1864)

• Taxon Name

  Austrelaps ramsayi

• Author and date of publication

  (Krefft, 1864)

• Preferred Common name

  Highland Copperhead

• Other Common Names

  Alpine Copperhead

• Identified By

  Dr Jane E. Melville - Museums Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Tissue, Form: Frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 95%

• Tissue Details

  Type: Heart, Preservative: ethanol 96%, Storage temperature: -196°C

• Tissue sampled from

  Museums Victoria specimen D 76890

• Collected By

  Alan Henderson - Museum Victoria - Live Exhibits

• Sampling Method

  Died in captivity

• Date Visited From

  7/06/2009

• Date Visited To

  7/06/2009

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  DNA Laboratory

• Collecting Areas

  Tissue and DNA

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Vertebrata

• Class

  Reptilia

• Subclass

  Lepidosauria

• Order

  Squamata

• Suborder

  Ophidia serpentes

• Superfamily

  Xenophidia colubroidea caenophidia

• Family

  Elapidae

• Genus

  Austrelaps

• Species Name

  ramsayi