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The olive sea snake, Aipysurus laevis, has been found to have photoreceptors in the skin of its tail, allowing it to detect light and presumably ensuring it is completely hidden, including its tail, inside coral holes during the day. While other species have not been tested, A. laevis possibly is not unique among sea snakes in this respect. [23]
Aipysurus duboisii, also known commonly as Dubois' sea snake and the reef shallows sea snake, is a species of extremely venomous snake in the subfamily Hydrophiinae of the family Elapidae. Its geographic range includes Papua New Guinea , New Caledonia and the northern, eastern and western coastal areas of Australia , that is the Coral Sea ...
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body of water close to the surface or above it, which poses a danger to navigation.
• Sea snake (bottom right) Marine reptiles are reptiles which have become secondarily adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment. Only about 100 of the 12,000 extant reptile species and subspecies are classed as marine reptiles, including marine iguanas, sea snakes, sea turtles and saltwater crocodiles. [1]
Image Species Authority Common name Geographic range Aipysurus apraefrontalis: M.A. Smith, 1926: Short-nosed sea snake Western Australia Aipysurus duboisii: Bavay, 1869: Reef shallows sea snake; Dubois' sea snake coastal areas of Australia Aipysurus eydouxii (Gray, 1849) Spine-tailed sea snake; Marbled sea snake; Beaded sea snake
Aipysurus apraefrontalis, commonly known as the short-nosed sea snake or Sahul reef snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae, which occurs on reefs off the northern coast of Western Australia. English herpetologist Malcolm Arthur Smith described the species in 1926 from a specimen collected on the Ashmore Reef.
It is a common, widespread species that lives on coral reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef. [1] It can also be found in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean. [11] The snake hides in small coves or protective coral areas if not hunting or surfacing to breathe. [12]
Aipysurus fuscus, commonly known as the dusky sea snake or Timor Reef snake, is a species of sea snake in the family Elapidae. [2] It is found in the Timor Sea between Australia , Indonesia and East Timor and has been classified as endangered .