Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Austrelaps superbus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Günther, 1858)

  • Preferred Common name

    Lowland Copperhead

  • Other Common Names

    Common Copperhead

  • Date Identified

    24/04/2004

  • Identified By

    Raymond Hoser - Snake Busters

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 100%, absolute, Medium: ethanol 100%, absolute

  • Tissue Details

    Preservative: ethanol, absolute, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Date of preparation

    22/12/2010

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen D 72281

  • Collected By

    Raymond Hoser - Snake Busters

  • Sampling Method

    found dead on lawn

  • Date Visited From

    24/04/2004

  • Date Visited To

    24/04/2004

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Melbourne, Upper Ferntree Gully

  • Latitude

    -37.88

  • Longitude

    145.3

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84