Pilbara death adder
Acanthophis wellsi Hoser, 1998
Status not recordedsnakes
The pilbara death adder (Acanthophis wellsi) is a species in the family Elapidae, order Squamata. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.
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Quick facts about the pilbara death adder
- Weight
- up to 52.3 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 60 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3 – 16src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Live birthsrc for Reproduction
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the pilbara death adder live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The pilbara death adder is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the pilbara death adder endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the pilbara death adder classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyElapidae
- genusAcanthophis
- SpeciesAcanthophis wellsi Hoser, 1998
Synonyms Acanthophis donnellani, Acanthophis wellsei donnellani
Other names and names in other languages (3)
- Pilbara-dødsormDanish
- Vipera della morte di WellsItalian
- Vipera della morte del PilbaraItalian
Relatives of the pilbara death adder
Other species in the same genus Acanthophis.
Death adder
Acanthophis antarcticus
Desert death adder
Acanthophis pyrrhus
Northern death adder
Acanthophis praelongus
New Guinea death adder
Acanthophis laevis
Plains death adder
Acanthophis hawkei
Papuan death adder
Acanthophis rugosus
ComparePilbara death adder vs Death adderPilbara death adder vs Desert death adderPilbara death adder vs Northern death adderPilbara death adder vs New Guinea death adder
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the pilbara death adder live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the pilbara death adder for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the pilbara death adder?
The pilbara death adder (Acanthophis wellsi) belongs to the family Elapidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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