Species profile—Acanthophis rugosus (Papuan death adder)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Elapidae (elapid snakes) → Acanthophis rugosus (Papuan death adder)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Elapidae (elapid snakes)
- Scientific name
- Acanthophis rugosus Loveridge, 1948
- Common name
- Papuan death adder
- Type reference
- Loveridge, A. 1948. New Guinean reptiles and amphibians in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and United States National Museum. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 101(2), 305-430.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 35364
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Venomous
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=35364
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.