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Genus Acanthophis Daudin, 1803


Compiler and date details

Updated June 2012 - Paul Horner, Queensland

Introduction

The systematics of Acanthophis have long been debated with species limits in the genus poorly understood, partly due to extensive polymorphism within many species and even populations. The majority of authors have adopted a conservative approach in terms of recognized species (e.g., Cogger et al. 1983; Cogger 1992), while others have considered the genus quite speciose (Wells & Wellington 1985; Hoser 1998, 2002). Recent developments in molecular taxonomy have helped elucidate species boundaries and relationships, and confirmed a degree of cryptic speciation (Wüster et al. 2005; Maddock et al. 2015). See Maddock et al. (2015) and Ellis et al. (2021) for further details.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Indonesia.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, Qld: Sturt Plateau (STU) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; WA: Ord Victoria Plain (OVP)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023 ELAPIDAE Boie, 1827 15-Mar-2023 MODIFIED
03-Sep-2015 Acanthophis Daudin, 1803 01-Sep-2015 MODIFIED
07-Feb-2024 19-Mar-2013 MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011 08-Mar-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)