Robert Valentic / Highland copperhead {Austrelaps ramsayii} female basking, Guyra, New South Wales, Australia

Robert Valentic / Highland copperhead {Austrelaps ramsayii} male Llangothlin Lake, New England, New South Wales, Australia

Robert Valentic / Lowland copperhead {Austrelaps superbus} basking, Anglesea, Victoria, Australia

Robert Valentic / Highland copperhead snake {Austrelaps ramsayii} juvenile ready to strike, New South Wales, Australia

Robert Valentic / Copperhead {Austrelaps superbus} Wallan, Victoria, Australia

Robert Valentic / Juvenile Copperhead {Austrelaps superbus} rubbing its chin against a rock in order to shed its old skin, Victoria, Australia

Robert Valentic / Highland copperhead, male in strike pose {Austrelaps ramsayi} Victoria, Australia

Robert Valentic / Lowland copperhead {Austrelaps superbus} juvenile consuming lizard, Victoria, Australia

Robert Valentic / Copperhead {Austrelaps superbus} threat posture, Victoria, Australia

Robert Valentic / Adelaide pygmy copperhead snake {Austrelaps labialis} strike pose, South Australia

Robert Valentic / Lowland copperhead snake male {Austrelaps superbus} Victoria, Australia

Robert Valentic / Lowland copperhead, female defense pose {Austrelaps superbus} Victoria, Australia