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PYGMY COPPERHEAD FACTS |
Description
The Pygmy Copperheads is glossy and dark coloured above with cream or grey belly. There are no obvious markings on the body. The head and snout sometimes has a copper-brown colour.
Size
80 cm
Habitat
coastal dunes, s grassland, woodland. t is common but rarely seen, being unobtrusive, and hiding under leaf litter, timber, rocks
Range
It is endemic to Australia and restricted to South Australia (state), particularly Kangaroo Island.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Serpentes) | | Family: | Elapidae | | Genus: | Austrelaps | | Species: | labialis | | Common Name: | Pygmy Copperhead |
Relatives in same Genus
Lowland Copperhead (A. superbus)
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