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
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=35364.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
