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Acanthophis Daudin in Sonnini, 1803

1363818  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1363818)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Tetrapoda (Superclass)
  6. Reptilia (Class)
  7. Squamata (Order)
  8. Elapidae (Family)
  9. Acanthophis (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Acanthopis Gray, 1825 · unaccepted
Ophrias Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Ophryas Merrem, 1820 · unaccepted
Platyelapid Hoser, 2016 · unaccepted (Treated as subgenus)

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  1. Species Acanthophis antarcticus Shaw, 1794
  2. Species Acanthophis hawkei Wells & Wellington, 1985
  3. Species Acanthophis laevis Macleay, 1878
  4. Species Acanthophis praelongus Ramsay, 1877
  5. Species Acanthophis pyrrhus Boulenger, 1898
  6. Species Acanthophis rugosus Loveridge, 1948
  7. Species Acanthophis wellsi Hoser, 1998
  8. Species Acanthophis barnetti Hoser, 1998 accepted as Acanthophis laevis Macleay, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Species Acanthophis bottomi Wells, 2002 accepted as Acanthophis rugosus Loveridge, 1948
  10. Species Acanthophis brownii Leach, 1814 accepted as Acanthophis antarcticus Shaw, 1794
  11. Species Acanthophis cerastinus Duméril & Bibron, 1854 accepted as Acanthophis antarcticus Shaw, 1794
  12. Species Acanthophis crotalusei Hoser, 1998 accepted as Acanthophis laevis Macleay, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  13. Species Acanthophis cummingi Hoser, 1998 accepted as Acanthophis hawkei Wells & Wellington, 1985
  14. Species Acanthophis groenveldi Hoser, 2002 accepted as Acanthophis laevis Macleay, 1878
  15. Species Acanthophis lancasteri Wells & Wellington accepted as Acanthophis rugosus Loveridge, 1948 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  16. Species Acanthophis lancasteri Wells & Wellington, 1985 accepted as Acanthophis hawkei Wells & Wellington, 1985
  17. Species Acanthophis macgregori Hoser, 2002 accepted as Acanthophis laevis Macleay, 1878
  18. Species Acanthophis schistos Wells, 2002 accepted as Acanthophis antarcticus Shaw, 1794
  19. Species Acanthophis tortor Lesson, 1830 accepted as Pseudechis porphyriacus Shaw, 1794
  20. Species Acanthophis wellsei Hoser, 1998 accepted as Acanthophis wellsi Hoser, 1998
  21. Species Acanthophis woolfi Hoser, 1998 accepted as Acanthophis rugosus Loveridge, 1948
  22. Species Acanthophis yuwoni Hoser, 2002 accepted as Acanthophis laevis Macleay, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Acanthophis armstrongi Wells & Wellington, 1985 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish
recent only
in Sonnini, Suite à Buffon, Hist. Rept., 5
page(s): 287 [details] 
IRMNG (2025). Acanthophis Daudin in Sonnini, 1803. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1363818 on 2026-01-20
Date
action
by
2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2012-02-16 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony

original description in Sonnini, Suite à Buffon, Hist. Rept., 5
page(s): 287 [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Uetz, 1995- [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source CoL 2006 [details] 

extant flag source SN2000/Uetz, 1995- [details] 

habitat flag source as per family [details] 

original description (of Ophrias Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Tome II. Chez Déterville et chez Crochard, Paris. i-xv + 1-406 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99171
page(s): 95 [details] 

original description (of Acantophis Berthold, 1827) Berthold, A. A. (1827). Latreille's Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs, Aus dem Französischen. Mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen. Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, Weimar. x+606 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12056431
page(s): 100 [details] 

original description (of Ophryas Merrem, 1820) Tent. Syst. Amph.
page(s): 146 [details] 

original description (of Acanthopis Gray, 1825) Ann. Phil., [2] 10
page(s): 205 [details] 

original description (of Platyelapid Hoser, 2016) Hoser, R.T. (2016). <i>Acanthophis lancasteri</i> Wells and Wellington, 1985 gets hit with a dose of Crypto! … this is not the last word on Death Adder taxonomy and nomenclature. <em>Australasian Journal of Herpetology.</em> 31: 3-11., available online at https://www.smuggled.com/issue-30-pages-37-64.pdf [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Death adders [details]
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