DEATH
ADDERS
(GENUS:
ACANTHOPHIS)
THE HOT LINKS
- WEBSITE.
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This is the website for those who want
to know more about these snakes and the best place to start. Most of the
recently published definitive papers can be found online here and can be
downloaded in full.
Papers Specifically on Death Adders (Genus: Acanthophis).
To see a series of photos of the exact cages used by Hoser for his Death Adders and other important and essential husbandry information.
A major 1995 paper on Death Adders.
Death Adders (Genus
Acanthophis): An overview, including descriptions of five new species and one subspecies An 11,000 word paper
in Monitor - Journal of the Victorian Herpetological Society published
in April 1998.
Death Adders (Genus
Acanthophis): An updated overview, including descriptions of three new species and two subspecies. A 2002 paper published in Crocodilian - Journal of the Victorian Association of Amateur Herpetologists.
Death Adders - 2004 article on the "Hoser method" of keeping and breeding these snakes.
Death Adders - Red-grey colour genetics and ramifications in terms of wild populations (1985 paper)
Death Adders - Mating behaviour in captivity (1983 paper)
Death Adders - Breeding in captivity (1987 paper)
Death Adders - Overeating in the wild (1981 paper)
Death Adders - Feeding in captivity (2003 paper)
Death Adders - Colour change in captivity (1985 paper)
Death Adders - Colour change in captivity (1999 paper)
Death Adders (and other snakes) - Frequency of sloughing in captivity (1985 paper)
A severe case of Stomatitis (Canker or Mouthrot) in a Death Adder associated with a reovirus infection (2004 paper).
Other papers that deal significantly
with Death Adders (Genus: Acanthophis).
Herping in the Australian State of South Australia - published in The Reptilian Magazine (UK).
Immunity of Snakes to their own venom - published in Litteratura Serpentium (Holland).
Sydney's Snakes - A major paper - published in Litteratura Serpentium
Sydney's 1994 Bushfires - Effects on Reptiles - published in Herptile (UK)
Other Scientific Papers on Reptiles and Frogs (over 100 listed and online).
The three video links immediately below may not work due to server space restrictions.
Click here to download and view a 3.3 mb mpg (video) file of two mating Sydney Death Adders.
Click here to download and view a 4.4 mb mpg (video) file of two mating Death Adders (A. antarcticus X A. cummingi).
Click here to download and view a different (and more graphic) 7.2 mb mpg (video) file of two mating Death Adders (A. antarcticus male (different to above) X A. cummingi female).
Click here for details about
a new book that all herpetologists should get hold of ...
Smuggled-2.
The blockbuster book, Smuggled (1), reprinted due to demand in 1998.
Other herpetological websites - stacks of hot links for all sorts of stuff.