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Bibliography of the genus
Acanthophis (Death Adders)
(Reptilia: Serpentes: Elapidae)
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In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.
Acanthophis in general
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Fry, B.G.; Wickramaratna, J.C.; Hodgson, W.C.; Alewood, P.F.; Kini, R.M.; Hao, H.; Wüster, W. 2002. Electrospray liquid chromatography/mass spectometry fingerprinting of Acanthophis (death adder) venoms: taxonomic and toxinological implications. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectometry 16: 600-608.
Hoser, R. 1982. Frequency of sloughing in captive Morelia, Liasis, and Acanthophis (Serpentes). Herptile 7(3): 20-26.
Hoser, R. 1983. Mating behaviour of Australian death adders, genus Acanthophis (Serpentes: Elapidae). Herptile 8(1): 25-34.
Hoser, R. 1995. Australia's death adders - genus Acanthophis. Part 1. Reptilian Magazine 3(4): 7-21.
Hoser, R. 1995. Australia's death adders - genus Acanthophis. Part 2. Reptilian Magazine 3(5): 27-34.
Hoser, R. 1998. Death adders (genus Acanthophis): an overview, including descriptions of five new species and one subspecies. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(2): 20-41.
Hoser, R.T. 1997. The mating behaviour and breeding of Australian Death Adders, genus Acanthophis (Serpentes: Elapidae). Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 8(3): 135-144.
Hoser, R.T. 2002. Death adders (genus Acanthophis): an updated overview, including descriptions of 3 new island species and 2 new Australian subspecies. Crocodilian 4(1): 5-7, 9-11, 14, 16-22, 24-30.
Hoser, R.T. 2003. Head retraction as a defence and other habits of death adders, genus Acanthophis (Serpentes: Elapidae). Herptile 28(4): 137-140.
Hoser, R.T. 2005. Australian death adders in drag. Why being a he/she may help in the race to reproduce. Herptile 30(4): 139-143.
Hoser, R.T. 2014. Tidying up Death Adder taxonomy (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis): including descriptions of new subspecies and the first ever key to identify all recognized species and subspecies within the genus. Australasian Journal of Herpetology 23: 22-34.
Hubbs, C.L. 1932. The use of the generic name Ophis for an eel, a snake and a mollusc. Copeia 1932: 26-27.
Kuch, U.; McGuire, J.A.; Yuwono, F.B. 2006. Death adders (Acanthophis laevis complex) from the island of Ambon (Maluku, Indonesia). Herpetozoa 19(1-2): 81-82.
Lowery, A. 1998. Notes on Tiger Snake (Notechis) and Death Adders (genus Acanthophis) in captivity. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(2): 48.
Maryan, B. 2001. A note on bicephalic death adder. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 31(1): 73.
Mcloughlin, J. 1958. Notes on the death adder. North Queensland Naturalist 27(120): 6.
Mirtschin, P.J. 1976. Notes on breeding death adders in captivity. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 8(2): 2.
Storr, G.M. 1981. The genus Acanthophis (Serpentes: Elapidae) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 9(2): 203-210.
Valentic, R. 1998. Notes on the rearing of Australian Death Adders: genus Acanthophis. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(2): 42-47.
Williams, D.E. 2004. Observations of a hylid frog Litoria dahlii (Boulenger, 1896) feeding on a road-killed death adder. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 34(1): 59.
Wüster, W.; Dumbrell, A.J.; Hay, C.; Pook, C.E.; Williams, D.J.; Fry, B.G. 2005. Snakes across the Strait: trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus, and Pseudechis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(1): 1-14.
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Acanthophis antarcticus
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Barnett, B.F.; Gow, G.F. 1994. The Barkly Tableland death adder Acanthophis antarcticus. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 14(3): 80-85.
Campbell, C.H. 1967. The death adder (Acanthopis antarcticus): the effect of the bite and its treatment. Med. J. Australia 2(20) [1966]: 922-925.
Carpenter, C.C.; Murphy, J.B.; Carpenter, G.C. 1978. Tail luring in the death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus (Reptilia, Serpentes, Elapidae). Journal of Herpetology 12(4): 574-577.
Chiszar, D.; Boyer, D.; Lee, R.; Murphy, J.B.; Radcliffe, C.W. 1990. Caudal luring in the southern death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus. Journal of Herpetology 24(3): 253-260.
Cisterne, A.; Vanderduys, E.P.; Pike, D.A.; Schwarzkopf, L. 2014. Wary invaders and clever natives: sympatric house geckos show disparate responses to predator scent. Behavioral Ecology 25(3): 604-611.
Cochran, D.M. 1944. Dangerous reptiles (popular). Rep. Smithson. Instn. 1943: 275-325.
Deufel, A.; Cundall, D. 2010. Functional morphology of the palato-maxillary apparatus in 'palatine dragging' snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus). Journal of Morphology 271(1): 73-85.
Downes, S.J. 2002. Size-dependent predation by snakes: Selective foraging or differential prey vulnerability? Behavioral Ecology 13(4): 551-560.
Fearn, S. 2001. Aspects of the morphology and ecology of the death adder Acanthophis antarcticus (Serpentes: Elapidae) from Magnetic Island, North Queensland: does prey size determine degree of sexual dimorphism? Herpetofauna (Sydney) 31(1): 19-25.
Flachsenberger, W.; Mirtschin, P. 1995. Digestive properties of snake venoms. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(2): 28-31.
Hoser, R. 1985. Genetic composition of death adders (Acanthophis antarcticus; Serpentes: Elapidae) in the West Head area. Herptile 10(3): 96.
Hoser, R. 1985. On melanistic tendencies in death adders, Acanthophis antarcticus (Shaw). Litteratura Serpentium 5(4): 157-159.
Hoser, R.T. 1998. Colour change in Death Adders (Acanthophis antarcticus) and other reptiles. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 10(1): 4; 31.
Hoser, R.T. 2003. Notes on feeding captive death adders (Acanthophis antarcticus), including posturing behaviour in response to large food items. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 33(1): 16-17.
Hoser, R.T. 2003. Why do death adders and other snakes store their faeces? Herptile 28(4): 177-180.
Hoser, R.T. 2009. Death adders (Acanthophis antarcticus) are almost certainly not part of Victoria's snake fauna. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 44(8): 125-128.
Johnston, G. 1996. Genetic and seasonal variation in body colour of the Australian death adder, Acanthophis antarcticus (Squamata: Elapidae). Journal of Zoology (London) 239(1): 187-196.
Johnston, G.R. 1987. Reproduction and growth in captive death adders Acanthophis antarcticus (Squamata: Elapidae). Transactions Royal Society of South Australia 111(1-2): 123-125.
Lorking, W.A. 1955. Significance of the caudal appendage of Acanthophis a. antarcticus. North Queensland Naturalist 24(113): 9.
Mirtschin, P.J. 1985. An overview of captive breeding of common death adders, Acanthophis antarcticus (Shaw) and its role in conservation. pp. 505-509. In: Grigg, G., Shine, R. & Ehmann, H. (eds.). Biology of Australian frogs and reptiles. Surrey Beatty & Sons & Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, Chipping Norton, New South Wales. 527 pp.
Neill, W.T. 1960. The caudal lure of various juvenile snakes. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 23: 173-200.
Nelson, X.J.; Garnett, D.T.; Evans, C.S. 2010. Receiver psychology and the design of the deceptive caudal luring signal of the death adder. Animal Behaviour 79(3): 555-561.
O'Connell, B.; Greenlee, R.; Bacon, J.; Smith, H.M.; Chiszar, D. 1985. Strike-induced chemosensory searching in elapid snakes (cobras, taipans, tiger snakes and death adders) at San Diego Zoo. Psychological Record 35(4): 431-436.
Pintor, A.F.V.; Winter, K.L.; Krockenberger, A.K.; Seymour, J.E. 2011. Venom physiology and composition in a litter of Common Death Adders (Acanthophis antarcticus) and their parents. Toxicon 57(1): 68-75.
Shine, R. 1980. Ecology of the Australian death adder Acanthophis antarcticus (Elapidae): evidence for convergence with the Viperidae. Herpetologica 36(4): 281-289.
Smith, A.; Meulders, B.; Michael, B.C.; Driscoll, D. 2012. Wildfire-induced mortality of Australian reptiles. Herpetology Notes 5: 233-235.
Stettler, P.H. 1985. Australian death adders - remarks concerning the post-embryonic development of Acanthophis antarcticus antarcticus (Shaw, 1794). Litteratura Serpentium 5(5): 170-180.
Switak, K.H. 1996. Unusual feeding behavior for the Common Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus (Shaw & Nodder 1802) in captivity. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 8(2): 100-101
Valentic, R. 1997. Notes on the capture and captive husbandry of a female Southern Death Adder Acanthophis antarcticus from the Upper Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. Monitor (Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society) 9(1): 13-17.
Vanderduys, E.P. 2003. A record of scaleless death adders, Acanthophis antarcticus. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 33(1): 46-48.
Webb, J.K.; Du, W.G.; Pike, D.A.; Shine, R. 2009. Chemical cues from both dangerous and nondangerous snakes elicit antipredator behaviours from a nocturnal lizard. Animal Behaviour 77(6): 1471-1478.
Zwinenberg, A.J. 1971. The death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus). Herp 8(1-2): 26-29.
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Acanthophis cryptamydros
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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.
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Acanthophis laevis
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Hoser, R. 1995. Australia's death adders - genus Acanthophis. Part 1. Reptilian Magazine 3(4): 7-21.
Kuch, U.; McGuire, J.A.; Yuwono, F.B. 2006. Death adders (Acanthophis laevis complex) from the island of Ambon (Maluku, Indonesia). Herpetozoa 19(1-2): 81-82.
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Acanthophis praelongus
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Bedford, G.; Christian, K.A. 1998. Standard metabolic rate and preferred body temperatures in some Australian pythons. Australian Journal of Zoology 46(4): 317-328.
Christian, K.A.; Webb, J.K.; Schultz, T.J.; Green, B. 2007. Effects of seasonal variation in prey abundance on field metabolism, water flux, and activity of a tropical ambush foraging snake. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 80(5): 522-533.
Flachsenberger, W.; Mirtschin, P. 1995. Digestive properties of snake venoms. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 25(2): 28-31.
Hagman, M.; Phillips, B.L.; Shine, R. 2009. Fatal attraction: adaptations to prey on native frogs imperil snakes after invasion of toxic toads. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences Series B 276(1668): 2813-2818.
Hoser, R. 1995. Australia's death adders - genus Acanthophis. Part 1. Reptilian Magazine 3(4): 7-21.
Phillips, B.; Shine, R. 2007. When dinner is dangerous: toxic frogs elicit species-specific responses from a generalist snake predator. American Naturalist 170(6): 936-942.
Phillips, B.L.; Greenlees, M.J.; Brown, G.P.; Shine, R. 2010. Predator behaviour and morphology mediates the impact of an invasive species: cane toads and death adders in Australia. Animal Conservation 13(1): 53-59.
Runcie, M.J. 1997. Defensive behaviour in the death adder Acanthophis praelongus. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 27(2): 52.
Schultz, T.J.; Webb, J.K.; Christian, K.A. 2008. The physiological cost of pregnancy in a tropical viviparous snake. Copeia 2008(3): 637-642.
Webb, J.K. 2004. Pregnancy decreases swimming performance of female northern death adders (Acanthophis praelongus). Copeia 2004(2): 357-363.
Webb, J.K.; Christian, K.A.; Fisher, P. 2002. Fast growth and early maturation in a viviparous sit-and-wait predator, the northern death adder (Acanthophis praelongus), from tropical Australia. Journal of Herpetology 36(3): 505-509.
Webb, J.K.; Shine, R.; Christian, K.A. 2005. Does intraspecific niche partitioning in a native predator influence its response to an invasion by a toxic prey species? Austral Ecology 30(2): 201-209.
Webb, J.K.; Shine, R.; Christian, K.A. 2006. The adaptive significance of reptilian viviparity in the tropics: Testing the maternal manipulation hypothesis. Evolution 60(1): 115-122.
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Acanthophis pyrrhus
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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.
McDonald, P.J. 2010. Natural history notes: Acanthophis pyrrhus (Desert Death Adder). Foraging behavior. Herpetological Review 41(4): 498-499.
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Acanthophis rugosus
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Hoser, R. 1995. Australia's death adders - genus Acanthophis. Part 1. Reptilian Magazine 3(4): 7-21.
Jungnickel, J. 2005. Die Haltung und Nachzucht der Rauhnackigen Todesotter Acanthophis rugosus Loveridge, 1948. Sauria (Berlin) 27(1): 9-13.
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Acanthophis wellsi
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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.
Hoser, R. 1995. Australia's death adders - genus Acanthophis. Part 1. Reptilian Magazine 3(4): 7-21.
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