Species profile—Acanthophis hawkei (plains death adder)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Acanthophis hawkei (plains death adder)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Acanthophis hawkei Wells & Wellington, 1985
- Common name
- plains death adder
- Type reference
- Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. (1985). A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology - Supplementary Series 1, 1-61.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22058
- Synonym(s)
- Acanthophis woolfi
- Alternate name(s)
- Barkly adder
Hawke's death adder
Barkly Tableland death adder - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Venomous
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22058.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
