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The common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is a species of death adder native to Australia. It is one of the most venomous land snakes in Australia and globally. While it remains widespread (unlike related species), it is facing increased threat from the ongoing Australian cane toad invasion.
French naturalist François Marie Daudin established the genus Acanthophis in 1803, with the common death adder (A. cerastinus) as its only species. [3]Although the death adders resemble vipers of the family Viperidae, they are actually members of the family Elapidae, which includes cobras, mambas, and coral snakes.
The common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is a highly venomous snake species with a 50–60% untreated mortality rate. [87] It is also the fastest striking venomous snake in the world. [88] A death adder can go from a strike position, to strike and envenoming their prey, and back to strike position again, in less than 0.15 seconds. [88]
The diver tore the snake off him, was hauled aboard, a ligature applied. [63] [64] 8 October 1936 Death adder: Luigi Valese, 4yo male Mossman, Queensland; Bitten on his cane farm while in the fields with his father. [65] 18 December 1938 Unknown Martha Elliot, 53yo female Kiewa, Victoria; Bitten on the foot after stepping out of a bath ...
Desert death adders feed on lizards, especially skinks and dragons, [5] and small mammals. [3] They are attracted to the snake, which may lie in a patient ambush for days, by the wiggling of the lure at the tip of the tail like its sister species, the common death adder. When moved it bears a striking resemblance to a worm or caterpillar and is ...
The Barkly Tableland death adder (Acanthophis hawkei) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. [2] The exact distribution of the species is unclear, but suitable habitat for the plains death adder consists of flat, treeless, cracking-soil riverine floodplains.
The smooth-scaled death adder (Acanthophis laevis) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia and Oceania . Distribution and habitat
The northern death adder (Acanthophis praelongus) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. [1] The northern death adder lives in Australia and Papua New Guinea. [2] It hunts birds, amphibians, and small mammals both by day and night. Though it resembles a viper, it belongs to a group of snakes that includes cobras and mambas.