Smooth-scaled death adder

Smooth-scaled death adder
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Elapidae
Genus:	Acanthophis
Species:	A. laevis
Binomial name
	Acanthophis laevis; Macleay, 1878
Synonyms
	List Acanthophis cerastinus ceramensis Gunther, 1863; Acanthophis antarcticus laevis Worrell, 1961; Acanthophis barnetti Hoser, 1998; Acanthophis crotalusei Hoser, 1998; Acanthophis groenveldi Hoser, 2002; Acanthophis macgregori Hoser, 2002; Acanthophis yuwoni Hoser, 2002; Acanthophis ceramensis Wallach et al., 2014;

The smooth-scaled death adder (Acanthophis laevis) is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia and Oceania.

Distribution and habitat

A. laevis is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.^[1]

A. laevis is ovoviviparous.^[1]

Macleay W (1878). "The Ophidians of the Chevert Expedition". The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 33–41. (Acanthophis laevis, new species, pp. 40–41).
Wüster W, Dumbrell AJ, Hay C, Pook CE, Williams DJ, Fry BG (2005). "Snakes across the Strait: trans-Torresian phylogeographic relationships in three genera of Australasian snakes (Serpentes: Elapidae: Acanthophis, Oxyuranus, and Pseudechis)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34 (1): 1–14.

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