Acanthophis pyrrhus

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 pyrrhus Boulenger, 1898: 75

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.18.62, ♀.
Type locality: “Station Point, Southern Central Australia [=Northern Territory]”

Acanthophis armstrongi Wells & Wellington, 1985: 43 [nomen nudum fide Aplin & Donnellan (1999: 277) and Ellis et al. (2021: 168)]
- Holotype: WAM R61357.
- Type locality: “5 km East of Giralia, Western Australia”.

Australia: Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia.

Boulenger, G.A. 1898. Description of a new death adder (Acanthophis) from central Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 2: 75. BHL
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.
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.

Fenner, A., McDonald, P., Hutchinson, M. & Cogger, H. 2018. IUCN: Acanthophis pyrrhus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T42492797A42492801. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T42492797A42492801.en. Accessed on 19 July 2025.