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Aipysurus foliosquama, also known as the leaf-scaled sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae. It was formerly endemic to the Ashmore and Cartier Islands of Australia, [1] having thought to have become extinct there. In 2015, the snake was discovered in seagrass beds of Shark Bay off Western Australia. [2]
Courtship usually involves a group of males vying for one female, which occurs in open water. At times, divers are approached by male sea snakes, possibly due to male sea snakes mistaking divers for female sea snakes. [16] Fertilization is internal and gestation lasts for about nine months. Females can give birth up to five young at a time. [11]
Dusky sea snake Timor Sea between Australia, Indonesia and East Timor Aipysurus laevis: Lacépède, 1804: Olive-brown sea snake; Olive sea snake Great Barrier Reef Aipysurus mosaicus: Sanders et al., 2012 [4] Mosaic sea snake Northern Australia and New Guinea Aipysurus pooleorum: Smith, 1974: Shark Bay sea snake Western Australia, midwest coast ...
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The yellow-bellied sea snake can live its entire adult life in the open ocean. Contrary to past beliefs, sea snakes require fresh water to survive and the yellow-bellied sea snake drinks precipitation that forms on the surface of sea water. [40] This species has been reported to survive severe dehydration of up to 7 months during seasonal ...
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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.
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