Acanthophis Daudin 1803

• Main Authors: Maddock, Simon T., Ellis, Ryan J., Doughty, Paul, Smith, Lawrence A., Wüster, Wolfgang
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Reptilia; Squamata; Elapidae; Acanthophis; Boa; Antarc*; antarcticus; antartic*
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6091956; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6091956

Acanthophis Daudin, 1803 Type species. Boa antartica (= Acanthophis antarcticus) Shaw & Nodder, 1802, by monotypy. Diagnosis. Species assigned to the genus Acanthophis are moderately large, stout terrestrial elapid species most similar to vipers (Viperidae) from other continents. Species within...