COMMON DEATH ADDER

142                 COMMON DEATH ADDER                Acanthophis antarticus

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                33

Southern continental Australia, from s-w Australia, through parts of southern and s-e Australia to eastern and central Queensland. Considered by some experts to extend into eastern NT. Ovoviviparous, producing 20 young in a litter; from December to April. Adults feed largely on small mammals and birds, and juveniles feed on reptiles. DANGEROUSLY VENEMOUS.

NORTHERN DEATH ADDER

Photographed at Jourama Falls, south of Ingham, Queensland, September 2019

133                        NORTHERN DEATH ADDER                            Acanthophis praelongus

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                 30

Found in grasslands, woodlands, vine thickets, rocky ranges and outcrops of northern Queensland from wet Tropics to Cape York Peninsula and Torres Straits.  Dangerously venomous. 

DESERT DEATH ADDER

Photographed near Glen Helen Resort, Northern Territory, October 2018

112                  DESERT DEATH ADDER                   Acanthophis pyrrhus

AUSTRALIAN SNAKES                   25

Dangerously venomous. Vulnerable. Found in spinifex deserts, including sand ridges, sandy or stony flats and rocky outcrops. Range sw NT, nw SA parts of central WA.