Acanthophis hawkei

The Barkly Tableland death adder or Acanthophis hawkei is a species of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae.[1] The exact distribution of the species is unclear, but suitable habitat for the plains death adder consists of flat, treeless, cracking-soil riverine floodplains. [2] Based on the presence of suitable habitat, the potential geographic range for this species extends from Western Queensland, across the north of the Northern Territory to north-east Western Australia. Disjunct populations of the plains death adder are known to occur in the Mitchell Grass Downs of western Queensland, the Barkly Tableland on the Northern Territory / Queensland border and east of Darwin in the Northern Territory.[2] The snake is named after former Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke.[3]

Barkly Tableland death adder
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae
Genus: Acanthophis
Species:
A. hawkei
Binomial name
Acanthophis hawkei
Wells & Wellington, 1985


References
  1. Acanthophis hawkei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 February 2016.
  2. "Approved Conservation Advice for Acanthophis hawkei (plains death adder)" (PDF). Department of Environment and Energy. Department of Environment and Energy. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. Wells, R. W.; Wellington, C. R. (1985). "A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia" (PDF). Australian Journal of Herpetology. Supplementary Series. 1: 43. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 May 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2015.


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