Common death adder, one of the most venomous snakes in the world, elapid snake looks like a viper

🐍BUY YOUR LIVING ZOOLOGY MERCHANDISE HERE: ? 🐍BECOME A MEMBER!!! The Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. Only a few snakes from Australia have more toxic venom (3 species of taipans, the Eastern brown snake and the Tiger snake). Most elapid snakes in Australia are fast and active hunters. The Common death adder an exception! It is an elapid snake but it looks like a viper! Death adders have short, robust bodies and they wait for their prey to come to them. This is a great example of convergent evolution. Death adders live in Australia and the New Guinea island, where there are no vipers. They belong to the fastest striking snakes in the world and they have great camouflage.