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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.
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]
The majority of adult sea snakes species grow to between 120 and 150 cm (4 and 5 ft) in length, [6] with the largest, Hydrophis spiralis, reaching a maximum of 3 m (10 ft). [7] Their eyes are relatively small with a round pupil [8] and most have nostrils located dorsally. [9]
Aipysurus eydouxii (Spine-tailed sea snake) Aipysurus laevis (Olive sea snake) Astrotia stokesii (Stoke's sea snake) Disteira; 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)
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.
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 yellow-bellied sea snake is the only sea snake to have been found in the Atlantic Ocean, although only in limited circumstances. The yellow-bellied sea snake's occurrence into the Atlantic is not considered a part of its native range, but rather a dispersal from its native Pacific range. [34] Hydrophis platurus xanthos
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 ]