Barkly Tableland death adder | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Acanthophis |
Species: | A. hawkei
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Binomial name | |
Acanthophis hawkei
Wells & Wellington, 1985
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The Barkly Tableland death adder (Acanthophis hawkei) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. [2] The exact distribution of the species is unclear, but suitable habitat for the plains death adder consists of flat, treeless, cracking-soil riverine floodplains. [3] 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. [3] The snake is named after former Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke. [4]
A Protected Mobility Vehicle of the Australian Army, the Hawkei PMV, is named after the species. [5]
Barkly Tableland death adder | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 (Acanthophis hawkei) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. [2] The exact distribution of the species is unclear, but suitable habitat for the plains death adder consists of flat, treeless, cracking-soil riverine floodplains. [3] 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. [3] The snake is named after former Prime Minister of Australia Bob Hawke. [4]
A Protected Mobility Vehicle of the Australian Army, the Hawkei PMV, is named after the species. [5]