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    Species Accepted

    Acanthophis praelongus Ramsay, 1877

    Northern death adder
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Acanthophis
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      MexicoYes
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      8 results
      Northern death adder English
      Nördliche Todesotter German
      Vipera della morte settentrionale Italian
      Víbora de la muerte del norte Spanish
      Víbora venenosa australiana Spanish
      smrtonoš severní Czech
      északi halálkígyó Hungarian
      北部棘蛇 Chinese

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      26 results
      Shine, Richard; Claire Goiran, Catherine Shilton, Shai Meiri, Gregory P Brown. (2019). The life aquatic: an association between habitat type and skin thickness in snakes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Blz136.
      Somaweera, R. (2009). Snakes of Darwin. Poster, University of Sydney.
      Cogger, H. G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, Xxx + 1033 Pp.
      Mirtschin, P., Rasmussen, A. R., & Weinstein, S. A. (2017). Australia’s Dangerous snakes. CSIRO Publishing, 424 Pp.
      Webb, J. K. (2004). Pregnancy Decreases Swimming Performance of Female Northern Death Adders (Acanthophis praelongus). Copeia 2004 (2): 357-363.
      Mayer, M. (2014). Von Schlangen, Kröten und Krokodilen im tropischen „Top End“ Australiens. Ein Reise- und Studienbericht. Reptilia (Münster) 19 (110): 76-85.
      Lillywhite, H. B. (2022). Discovering snakes in wild places. ECO Publishing, Rodeo, NM, 164 Pp.
      Shine R, Spencer CL, & Keogh JS. (2014). Morphology, Reproduction and Diet in Australian and Papuan Death Adders (Acanthophis, Elapidae). PLoS ONE 9(4): E94216.
      Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue]. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 Pp.
      ELLIS, RYAN J.; HINRICH KAISER, SIMON T. MADDOCK, PAUL DOUGHTY & WOLFGANG WÜSTER. (2021). An evaluation of the nomina for death adders (Acanthophis Daudin, 1803) proposed by Wells & Wellington (1985), and confirmation of A. cryptamydros Maddock et al., 2015 as the valid name for the Kimberley death adder. Zootaxa 4995 (1): 161–172.

      Citation

      Acanthophis praelongus Ramsay, 1877 in undefined