CAVS: 2833
Species Acanthophis wellsi Hoser, 1998
Pilbara Death Adder
- Acanthophis wellsei Hoser, R. 1998. Death Adders (Genus Acanthophis): an overview, including descriptions of five new species and one subspecies. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(2): 20-30, 33-41 [37].
Type data:
Holotype WAM R8886, Wittenoom Gorge, WA [22°15'S 118°23'E].Secondary source:
Aplin, K.P. & Donnellan,S.C. 1999. An extended description of the Pilbara death adder, Acanthophis wellsi Hoser (Serpentes: Elapidae), with notes on the desert death adder, A.Pyrrhus Boulenger, and identification of a possible hybrid zone. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19: 277–298 [279] (redescription).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Pilbara (PIL)
General References
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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04-Feb-2023 | ELAPIDAE Boie, 1827 | 15-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
07-Feb-2024 | Acanthophis Daudin, 1803 | 01-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | |
07-Feb-2024 | 19-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |