Editing Austrelaps (section)

{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
{{automatic Taxobox
 | image               = Austrelaps labialis.jpg
 | image_caption       = ''[[Austrelaps labialis]]''
 | taxon               = Austrelaps
 | authority           = [[Eric Worrell|Worrell]], 1963
 | type_species        =''[[Lowland copperhead|Austrelaps superbus]]''
}}

'''''Austrelaps''''' is a [[genus]] of [[venomous snake|venomous]] [[Elapidae|elapid]] snakes native to the relatively fertile, temperate, southern and eastern part of the [[Australia]]n continent. Three species are currently recognized, with no subspecies. They are commonly called '''copperheads''' or '''Australian copperheads'''. They are not closely related to the American copperhead, ''[[Agkistrodon contortrix]]''.