Predation on a blotched bluetongue lizard (Tiliqua nigrolutea) by a highlands copperhead (Austrelaps ramsayi) in the Blue Mountains, Australia

This note documents a predation event on a juvenile Blotched Bluetongue Lizard (<i>Tiliqua nigrolutea</i>) by a Highlands Copperhead (<i>Austrelaps ramsayi</i>) in the Blue Mountains, Australia.  The diet of elapid snakes in the genus <i>Austrelaps </i>consists mainly of frogs and small skinks. Adults of the larger <i>Tiliqua </i>species may be too large for <i>Austrelaps </i>species to consume, and juveniles of these larger <i>Tiliqua </i>are possibly approaching the larger end of consumable prey items for <i>Austrelaps</i>.