Smooth-scaled death adder
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| Smooth-scaled death adder | |
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| File:Acanthophis laevis.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Genus: | Acanthophis |
| Species: | A. laevis
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthophis laevis Macleay, 1878
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The smooth-scaled death adder (Acanthophis laevis) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia and Oceania.
Acanthophis laevis is an ambush predator, lying in wait to capture fast-moving prey like mammals and lizards. Death adders (genus Acanthophis) have a broad diet, mainly consisting of frogs, lizards, and mammals. Females grow larger than males; tail length and head shape also differ between sexes in some species.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]A. laevis is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[3]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]A. laevis is ovoviviparous.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Acanthophis laevis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 February 2016.
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Acanthophis laevis, new species, pp. 40–41)
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Acanthophis laevis, pp. 576–577)
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