Acanthophis cryptamydros

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elapoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Elapoidea

Familia: Elapidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Acanthophis
Species:

Acanthophis cryptamydros Maddock, Ellis, Doughty, Smith & Wüster, 2015: 308

Holotype: WAM R174083, ♂, collected by R. Ellis, G. Bourke and R. Barrett on 8 March 2014.
Type locality: “1 km north-west of Theda Station homestead, Western Australia (14°46'59.10"S, 126°29'22.02"E)”.

Acanthophis lancasteri Wells & Wellington, 1985: 43 [nomen nudum fide Aplin & Donnellan (1999: 277) and Ellis et al. (2021: 166)]
- Holotype: WAM R70690.
- Type locality: “45 km NNE of Halls Creek, Western Australia”.

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. Reference page.
Maddock, S.T., Ellis, R.J., Doughty, P., Smith, L.A. & Wüster, W. 2015. A new species of death adder (Acanthophis: Serpentes: Elapidae) from north-western Australia. Zootaxa 4007(3): 301–326. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4007.3.1. Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Aplin, K.P. & Donnellan, S.C. 1999. An extended description of the Pilbara death adder, Acanthophis wellsi Hoser (Serpentes: Elapidae), with notes on the desert death adder, A. pyrrhus Boulenger, and identification of a possible hybrid zone. Records of the Western Australian Museum 19(3): 277–298. BHL Reference page.
Ellis, R.J., Kaiser, H., Maddock, S.T., Doughty, P. & Wüster, W. 2021. An evaluation of the nomina for death adders (Acanthophis Daudin, 1803) proposed by Wells & Wellington (1985), and confirmation of A. cryptamydros Maddock et al., 2015 as the valid name for the Kimberley death adder. Zootaxa 4995(1): 161–172. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4995.1.9 Reference page.

Wellington, R. 2016. Acanthophis cryptamydros Maddock, Ellis, Doughty, Smith & Wüster, 2015 is an invalid junior synonym of Acanthophis lancasteri Wells & Wellington, 1985 (Squamata, Elapidae). Bionomina 10: 74–75. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.10.1.5 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Acanthophis cryptamydros. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 May 2018.
Cogger, H., Ellis, R., Zichy-Woinarski, J.C., Oliver, P.M. & Shea, G. 2017. IUCN: Acanthophis cryptamydros (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T102703587A102703605. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T102703587A102703605.en. Accessed on 18 July 2025.