Bibliography for Acanthophis antarcticus (Shaw & Nodder, 1802)

• Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). 3. London : British Museum xiv 727 pp. 25 pls.
• Carpenter, C.C., Murphy, J.B. & Carpenter, G.C. 1978. Tail luring in the death adder, Acanthophis antarcticuster, (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 12: 574-577
• CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study.
• Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp.
• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp.
• Daudin, F.M. 1803. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des Reptiles. Paris : Dufart Vol. 5 365 pp.
• Ellis, R.J., Kaiser, H., Maddock,S.T., Doughty, P. & Wuster, W. 2021. An evaluation of the nomina for death adders (Acanthophis Daudin, 1803) proposed by Wells & Wellington (1985), and confirmation of A. cryptamydros Maddock et al., 2015 as the valid name for the Kimberley death adder. Zootaxa 4995: 161-172
• Hudson, P. 1979. On the birth and breeding of death adders in captivity. Herpetofauna 11: 11-13
• Kim, H.S. & Tamiya, N. 1981. Isolation, properties and amino acid sequence of a long-chain neurotoxin, Acanthophis antarcticus B, from the venom of an Australian snake (the common death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus). Biochemical Journal 193: 899-906
• Klemmer, K. 1963. Liste der rezenten Giftschlangen. Elapidae, Hydrophiidae, Viperidae und Crotalidae. Marburg : N.G. Elwert Universitäts- U. Verlagsbuchhand 253-464 pp.
• Leach, W.E. 1814. The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals. London : E. Nodder & Son Vol. 1 144 pp. 60 pls.
• Lillywhite, H.B. 1980. Behavioral thermoregulation in Australian elapid snakes. Copeia 1980: 452-458
• Mackay, R.D. 1959. Reptiles of Lion Island, New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 12: 896-986
• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems Amphibien. Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum. Marburg : Krieger xv 199 pp.
• Salvado, R. 1851. Memorie Stariche dell'Australia. Rome : S. Congreg. de Propaganda Fide xii 389 pp.
• Shaw, G. 1802. General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Pt. 2. Amphibia. London : Kearsley Vol. 3 pp. vii 313-615.
• Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. 1802. Boa antarctica. Naturalist's Miscellany 13: pl. 535.
• Sherborn, C.D. 1895. On the dates of Shaw and Nodder's "Naturalist's Miscellany". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 15: 375-376
• Shine, R. 1980. Ecology of the Australian death adder Acanthophis antarcticus (Elapidae): evidence for convergence with the Viperidae. Herpetologica 36: 281-289
• Storr, G.M. 1981. The genus Acanthophis (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Western Austalia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 9(2): 203-210
• Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985]
• Werner, F. 1899. Ueber Reptilien und Batrachier aus Togoland, Kamerun und Deutsch-Neu-Guinea grösstentheils aus dem k. Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 49: 132-157
• Worrell, E. 1963. Reptiles of Australia; Crocodiles, Turtles, Tortoises, Lizards, Snakes. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xv 207 pp.

Return to Acanthophis antarcticus (Shaw & Nodder, 1802) profile page.