Species Acanthophis praelongus Ramsay, 1877
Northern Death Adder
- Acanthophis praelongus Ramsay, E.P. 1877. Description of a supposed new species of Acanthophis from North Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 72-74 [72].
Type data:
Holotype AM R451, Cape York Peninsula (probably near Somerset), QLD.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extra-limital in New Guinea
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Low open woodland, nocturnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Viviparous, general carnivore.
General References
Campbell, C.H. 1966. The death adder. Effect of the bite and its treatment. Medical Journal of Australia 11: 922-925 (bite and treatment as A. antarcticus)
Storr, G.M. 1981. The genus Acanthophis (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Western Austalia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 9(2): 203-210 (taxonomy)
Common Name References
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. [43] (Northern Death Adder)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 18-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |