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.

Acanthophis woolfi from Djarra, Queensland, Australia.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).

Preferred Activity Temperatures of Nocturnal Reptiles in the Sydney (Australia) area - published in Herptile Journal of the International Herpetological Society (UK).

OPMV in Australian Reptile Collections - published in The Macarthur Herpetological Society Newsletter (Australia).

Collecting reptiles in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia - published in The Reptilian Magazine (UK).

Herping in the Australian State of South Australia - published in The Reptilian Magazine (UK).

Feeding Interactions in Australian Reptiles - published in Herpetofauna Journal of the Australasian Affilliation of Herpetological Societies.

Immunity of Snakes to their own venom - published in Litteratura Serpentium (Holland).

Immunity of Snakes to their own venom - a later paper with new cases - published in Herpetofauna (Australia).

Snakes swallowing their own teeth. - by Raymond Hoser and Chris Williams, published in Herpetofauna (Australia).

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).


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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.

Australian Reptiles and Frogs - The Book.

Other herpetological websites - stacks of hot links for all sorts of stuff.

Australian Smuggling and Wildlife Crime.

Australians Against Corruption home page

Imagine a picture of a mailbox here!E-Mail inquiries Care of Raymond Hoser: adder@smuggled.com