Aipysurus apraefrontalis SMITH, 1926
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Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Short-nosed Seasnake, Sahul Reef Snake G: Riff Seeschlange |
Synonym | Aipysurus apraefrontalis SMITH 1926: 24 Aipysurus apraefrontalis — SMITH 1974: 100 Aipysurus apraefrontalis — COGGER 1983: 242 Aipysurus apraefrontalis — COGGER 2000: 701 Smithsohydrophis apraefrontalis Aipysurus apraefrontalis — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Aipysurus apraefrontalis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 22 |
Distribution | Timor Sea; Australia (Western Australia) Type locality: Ashmore Reefs, Australia |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.94, from Ashmore Reefs, Australia. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Prefrontals absent. (Smith 1974) Description: A moderately large snake, the largest specimen being 1083 mm. Head extremely small. Head shields entire, symmetrical. Rostral wider than high. Nasal in contact with the preocular, supraoculars and fror:tal. Preocular single, much longer than deep; postoculars 2, the lower fused WIth the sIxth or seventh upper labial. Lower labials 6 or 7. Midbody scale rows 17; scales smooth, strongly imbricate. Ventrals 150-160. Subcaudals 18-22. (Smith 1974) Coloration: Ground colour creamy with 24-27 bluish brown bars on the back which taper rapidly to a point on the flanks. Head brown. (Smith 1974) |
Comment | Venomous! Habitat: marine. Conservation status: critically endangered Distribution: see map in Sanders et al. 2015 (Fig. 1). |
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