What blue mountains snake is that?

[Dark_Morelia]

I'm going with Austrelaps ramsayi based on the description and photo.

 

[-Peter]

I don't know what it is, but 10 bucks says I would have dived into thick scrub to try and get bitten catching it :lol:

Ive been known to do a flying tackle to catch an elapid, brown or black.

 

[CamdeJong]

Ive been known to do a flying tackle to catch an elapid, brown or black.

I've seen it done (my boss) but I haven't tried it yet. Wouldn't want to get my clothes dirty =)

 

[dingodan]

I'm going with Austrelaps ramsayi based on the description and photo.

Wow that looks just like it! Is that breed similar to the copperhead suggested? And do you know anything about the type of snake?

 

[GeckoJosh]

Wow that looks just like it! Is that breed similar to the copperhead suggested? And do you know anything about the type of snake?

A.ramsayi is a Highlands Copperhead

Just curious, where in the BM was it?
It looks like the scrub around Katalina race track

 

[Dark_Morelia]

Wow that looks just like it! Is that breed similar to the copperhead suggested? And do you know anything about the type of snake?

Yep, Highlands Copperhead is a common name for Austrelaps ramsayi. They're fairly common in the upper mountains. The ones I've seen in the mountains have been very dark on top with the pale copper-edged scales on the sides, just like your photo.

 

[-Peter]

A.ramsayi is a Highlands Copperhead

Just curious, where in the BM was it?
It looks like the scrub around Katalina race track

Katalina, is that how they spell it these days? Originally it was a fun park with a catalina flying boat in a dam, thus the name. The local government kicked out all the aboriginal people who had lived there to make the race track

 

[$NaKe PiMp]

Catalina park ,
it was a race track for cars and motorcycles,and the snake is most likely a copperhead,ive found a few of this species lately