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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 ]
Sea snakes are extensively adapted to a fully aquatic life and are unable to move on land, except for the sea kraits, which have limited land movement. They are found in warm coastal waters from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific and are closely related to venomous terrestrial snakes in Australia. [4]
Belcher's sea snake Queensland and New Territories, Australia: H. bituberculatus: W. Peters, 1873 0 Peters' sea snake Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, Thailand) H. brookii: Günther, 1872 0 Brooke's sea snake H. caerulescens (Shaw, 1802) 2 dwarf sea snake Queensland, Australia: H. cantoris: Günther, 1864 0 Cantor's narrow-headed sea snake, Cantor's ...
Hydrophis klossi, also commonly known as Kloss's sea snake or Kloss' sea snake, [1] [2] [3] is a species of sea snake in the family Elapidae. [4] Like all other sea snakes, it is venomous . The species is endemic to the Indian Ocean .
A hook-nosed sea snake seen on Arossim Beach, South Goa, India. This snake was found in a fishing net and later released to the sea. Hydrophis schistosus, commonly known as the beaked sea snake, hook-nosed sea snake, common sea snake, or the Valakadeyan sea snake, is a highly venomous species of sea snake common throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific.
This Ohio snake fishes. In a recent Facebook post , the Division of Wildlife , part of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, shared a photo of a northern watersnake with a mouthful of fish.
[21] [22] It is the only sea snake to have reached the Hawaiian Islands. [23] The favoured habitat for hunting and reproduction includes free floating mats of sea kelp occurring in the Indian Ocean. The species is the most commonly beached sea snake on the coast of Southwest Australia, including records at beaches near metropolitan areas. [24]
The Bombay sea snake is a small (2–2 ½ feet) snake with greyish coloration and a body patterned with black bands. These bands are broader than the interval scales at the mid-body, a trait that is unique to this snake in the Indian Ocean. [3] The head is black in color, with small eyes and a rounded snout of moderate length.