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Microcephalophis gracilis, also known as the graceful small-headed seasnake, slender sea snake, narrow-headed sea snake, common small-headed sea snake, is a species of sea snake found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. [1] [2] [3] It is venomous. [2] [3]
Disteira major (Olive-headed or greater sea snake) Disteira nigrocincta Disteira walli (Wall's sea snake) Enhydrina schistosa (Beaked sea snake, hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake, Valakadyn sea snake) Enhydrina zweifeli (Sepik or Zweifel’s beaked seasnake) Hydrophis; Hydrophis belcheri (Faint-banded sea snake, Belcher's sea snake)
The dwarf sea snake is bluish or grayish blue dorsally, merging to yellowish ventrally, with 35–58 deep bluish-black crossbands. The crossbands are as wide or wider than the interspaces, well defined in younger specimens, but obscure in older specimens. The head is black, and in juveniles may also have a yellowish horseshoe-shaped mark.
Sea snakes, or coral reef snakes, are elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. They belong to two subfamilies, Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae . Hydrophiinae also includes Australasian terrestrial snakes, whereas Laticaudinae only includes the sea kraits ( Laticauda ), of which three species are found ...
The small-headed sea snake (Hydrophis macdowelli) is a sea snake in the family Elapidae native to waters off northern Australia. It is a unique species in having a small head in relation to its body size. It grows up to a length of 1 metre. [2]
The female of this snake species, T. carlae, produces only one large egg at a time. The emerging offspring is about half the length of the mother. [8] Small species of snakes such as T. carlae have relatively large new-born offspring compared to adults. The offspring of the largest snakes are only one-tenth the length of an adult, whereas ...
Hydrophis curtus, also known as Shaw's Sea Snake, short sea snake, but often includes Hydrophis hardwickii [2] is a species of sea snake. Like most Hydrophiinae sea snakes , it is a viviparous , fully marine, and front fanged elapid that is highly venomous . [ 3 ]
In general, sea snakes are able to respire through their skin. Experiments with the yellow-bellied sea snake, Hydrophis platurus, have shown that this species can satisfy about 20% of its oxygen requirements in this manner, allowing for prolonged dives. The sea kraits (Laticauda spp.) are the sea snakes least adapted to aquatic life. Their ...