 Kimberley death adder

The Kimberley death adder ("Acanthophis cryptamydros") is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae native to northwestern Australia.Richard Wells and Ross Wellington gave the Kimberley death adder its scientific name "Acanthophis lancasteri"—in honour of Burt Lancaster—in a 1985 monograph, citing as the type specimen an adult collected north-northeast of Halls Creek in Western Australia.