Biology:Acanthophis hawkei

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Short description: Species of snake


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

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]


References

Wikidata ☰ Q637243 entry