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Sea snake Temporal range: Oligocene – Recent Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus) on a Costa Rica beach Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Superfamily: Elapoidea Family: Elapidae Groups included Hydrophiinae Laticaudinae Range of sea snakes shown in lime ...
Yellow-bellied sea snakes, like many other species of sea snake, are fully adapted to living their whole lives at sea: mating, eating and giving birth to live young (ovoviviparous). Adaptations to aquatic life include the reduced ventral scale size, laterally compressed body and paddle-tail for swimming, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] valved nostrils and ...
Pages in category "Snakes of the Caribbean" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. .
Species Common name(s) Notes Image Copeoglossum redondae [3] Found on Redonda (endemic). Worm snakes (Typhlopidae) Species Common name(s) Notes Image Typhlops monastus: Montserrat worm snake: Regional endemic; found on both main islands and some of the offshore islands. Colubrids Species Common name(s) Notes Image Alsophis antiguae: Antiguan racer
Several smaller islands lie off Trinidad, but snakes have been recorded on only one of them, Caledonia Island. Snakes have been recorded on one island off Tobago, Little Tobago. Four species are venomous: two coral snake species (Micrurus spp. [note 1]), the fer-de-lance (Bothrops atrox) and the South American bushmaster (Lachesis muta).
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)
Including marine turtles and introduced species, there are 17 reptile species reported on Saint Martin. One species, the bearded anole (Anolis pogus), is endemic to Saint Martin. Its local population of one species, the regionally endemic and endangered Lesser Antillean iguana (Iguana delicatissima), was recently extirpated. [3]
Grenada worm snake: Endemic. Boas Species Common name(s) Notes Image Corallus grenadensis [3] Grenadian tree boa: Colubrids Species Common name(s) Notes Image Clelia clelia: Mussurana: Possibly extirpated from Grenada. Liophis melanotus: Shaw's black-backed snake, Shaw's dark ground snake: Possibly extirpated from Grenada. Mastigodryas bruesi