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Death Adders
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Death Adders

Acanthophis

Acanthophis is a genus of elapid snakes. Commonly called death adders, they are native to Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands, and are among the most venomous snakes in the world. The name of the genus derives from the Ancient Greek acanthos/ἄκανθος "spine" and ophis/ὄφις "snake", referring to the spine on the death adder's tail.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Southern Death Adder

speciesAcanthophis antarcticus

Northern Death Adder

speciesAcanthophis praelongus

Rough-scaled Death Adder

speciesAcanthophis rugosus

New Guinea Death Adder

speciesAcanthophis laevis

Pilbara Death Adder

speciesAcanthophis wellsi

Plains Death Adder

speciesAcanthophis hawkei

Desert Death Adder

speciesAcanthophis pyrrhus

Kimberley Death Adder

speciesAcanthophis cryptamydros

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 35050.