Hydrophis cantoris
| Hydrophis cantoris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Elapidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophiinae |
| Genus: | Hydrophis |
| Species: | H. cantoris |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrophis cantoris (Günther, 1864) | |
| Synonyms | |
Hydrophis cantoris is a species of venomous sea snake found in the Indian Ocean and its seas, bays and gulfs.
Etymology
The specific name, cantoris, is in honor of Danish zoologist Theodore Edward Cantor.[2]
Description
Diagnostic characters: Head small, body long and slender anteriorly; scales on thickest part of body juxtaposed; 5-6 maxillary teeth behind fangs; 23-25 (rarely 21) scale rows around neck, 41-48 around thickest part of body (increase from neck to midbody 18-24); ventrals divided by a longitudinal fissure; prefrontal in contact with third upper labial; ventrals 404-468.[3]
Total length males 1,450 mm (57 in), females 1,880 mm (74 in); tail length males 120 mm (4.7 in), females 140 mm (5.5 in).[3]
Geographic range
Indian Ocean (Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Malaysia), Andaman Islands.[1]
References
- 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hydrophis cantoris, p. 47).
- 1 2 Leviton AE, Wogan GOU, Koo MS, Zug GR, Lucas RS, Vindum JV. 2003. The Dangerously Venomous Snakes of Myanmar: Illustrated Checklist with Keys. Proc. California Acad. Sci. 54 (24): 407-462. (Hydrophis cantoris, p. 431).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Hydrophis cantoris, p. 405).
- Boulenger GA. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Hydrophis cantoris, p. 281 + Plate XIV).
- Das I. 1996. Biogeography of the Reptiles of South Asia. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. vii + 87 pp. + 16 plates. ISBN 978-0894649356. (Microcephalophis cantoris, p. 61).
- Günther A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London: The Ray Society. (Taylor & Francis, printers). xxvii + 452 pp. + Plates I-XXVI. (Hydrophis cantoris, new species, p. 374 + Plate XXV, figure U).
- Smith MA. 1943. The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia, Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Microcephalophis cantoris, p. 475).
- Wall F. 1921. Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka]: Colombo Museum. (H.R. Cottle, Government Printer). xxii + 581 pp. (Microcephalophis cantoris, new combination, pp. 330–334, figure 63).
- The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(tm)(http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/176713/0).