Hydrophis parviceps SMITH, 1935
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Hydrophis parviceps
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| Higher Taxa | Elapidae (Hydrophiinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Hydrophis parviceps SMITH 1935: 5 Hydrophis parviceps — SMITH 1943: 465 Hydrophis parviceps — TAYLOR 1963: 431 Hydrophis parviceps — WELCH 1994: 67 Hydrophis (Hydrophis) parviceps — KHARIN 2004 Hydrophis parviceps — RASMUSSEN et al. 2011 Hydrophis parviceps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 341 |
| Distribution | South Chinese Sea (Vietnam) Type locality: coast of Cochin China. |
| Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZMUC 66182 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis. Related to Hydrophis fasciatus atriceps, but scale rows reduced, 19 on neck, 33 on body; posterior scales strongly keeled, the keel extending nearly the whole length of the scale; ventrals 340-348. Description of species (from No. N 1620, Chulalongkorn University, taken in the South China Sea, lat. 10°17'N, long. 107°47' "under a light," 10 March 1960, by the SS Stranger).-Head very small, body elongate, very slender anteriorly, compressed posteriorly, its greatest diameter three to four times that of neck. Six maxillary teeth behind fangs. Rostral extending a little behind tip of snout, very broadly in view from above, angular posteriorly; nasals broadly in contact, the nostril lacking a suture to the labial; prefrontal broader than long, touching second supralabial; frontal not twice as long as wide, wider than supraocular, longer than its distance from rostral, shorter than parietal; four scales between upper posterior temporals behind the parietals; one preocular; one postocular, latter touching five scales; one large anterior temporal on one side barely touching labial border; secondary temporal undivided; supralabials five, third and fourth entering orbit, second largest; infralabials seven, three bordering first chin shields; no small scales on oral margin anterior to fifth; second pair of chin shields larger than first, the scales in contact for most of their length; seven scales between chin shields and first ventral. (Taylor 1963: 431) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1791 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Venomous! Habitat: marine. Diagnostic characters: Head small, body slender anteriorly. Scale rows around neck 19–21; scale rows around body 31–34; ventrals 329–348. Maxillary teeth behind fangs 6–. Colouration: Body olivaceous above, greyish below, with 65–0 blackish bands. Head black with no or only a few faint paler marks. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin “parvus, -a, -um” = small, and caput, -ceps = head. |
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