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 | ovovivparous |
| 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) |
| 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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