Species Acanthophis wellsi Hoser, 1998

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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 and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Pilbara (PIL)

General References

Cogger, H.G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO publishing 7th edition, pp. xxx+1033. [859]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
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)