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Rough-scaled death adder

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Death adders are generalists that feed upon small mammals, birds, lizards, and frogs. It is likely that allometric (size-related) shifts occur, with smaller specimens feeding more upon lizards and frogs and larger specimens including more mammals in their diets. Regional and interspecific differences
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Body slender to stout, unicolour or with a patterning of crossbands, with smooth or keeled scales in 19-23 rows at midbody, head angular with elevated supraocular scales, 6-7 supralabials with temporolabial scale present, eyes small with vertically elliptical pupils, tail slender, extremely distinct
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in diet may also occur, although these are poorly documented. Like other species in the Elapidae family, they are ground hunters, and can wait for days and days in grass for food.
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from the body, terminating in a flattened spinous tip which may be black or yellow and contrasts with the dorsal body colouration.
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Tallowin, O.; Parker, F.; O'Shea, M.; Woinarski, J.; Gillespie, G.; Greenlees, M.; Cogger, H.; McDonald, P.; Fenner, A. (2018).
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New Guinean reptiles and amphibians in the Museum of Comparative Zoology and United States National Museum.
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Bulletin of the Museum of Zoology. Harvard University, 101 (2): 305-430.
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Acanthophis rugosus
Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Serpentes
Elapidae
Acanthophis
Binomial name
Loveridge
venomous snake
Elapidae
northern Australia
Arnhem Land
"Acanthophis rugosus"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
doi
10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T177483A21648923.en
Acanthophis rugosus
Reptarium.cz Reptile Database



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