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The Death Adder some miners in the Pilbara Mine came across the adder eating a Goanna. Some amazing photos as proof.
Taken at a Pilbara Mine Site
About the Death Adder
(QM, Bruce Cowell)
Identification: Length to 40 cm. Head arrow-shaped. Tail sharply tapered to spine-like scale. Reddish or brown above, often banded with black flecks or darker brown; greyish or cream below. Mid-body scales 17-21; anal single; subcaudals, front single, back divided; ventrals 126-152.
Habitat and Range: Open forest. TNQ, Cooktown to Townsville. Australia, northern WA, NT, northern Qld.
Notes: Preys on frogs, Cane Toads (snake dies), small reptiles, birds, mammals. Live-bearer, number of young not known, probably about 8.
Potentially dangerous. Venom strongly neurotoxic, weakly haemolytic and anticoagulant. (Queensland Museum, 2000)
QM,Bruce Cowell, 2000,Wildlife Of tropical North Queensland [image], Queensland Museum
Queensland Museum. 2000 ,Wild Life Of Tropical Northern Queensland, Queensland Museum
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ReplyDeleteHi, just came across this image on google images, looking for some reference photos of adders, Just letting you know the snake in the photo is a Black Headed Python. Which is a beautiful Australian native. Death adders don't grow big enough to eat monitor lizards of that size. A large mouse or meduim sized rat is enough for them. Fantastic shots though, and it's really encouraging to see that the workers were looking out for the snake while he was eating :)
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