Hydrophis stricticollis

Hydrophis stricticollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Elapidae[1]
Subfamily: Hydrophiinae
Genus: Hydrophis
Species: H. stricticollis
Binomial name
Hydrophis stricticollis
Günther, 1864
Synonyms
  • Aturia stricticollis - Welch, 1994
  • Chitulia stricticollis - Kharin, 2005[2]

Hydrophis stricticollis, commonly called the collared sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.[1]

Description

Scales on thickest part of body subquadrangular or hexagonal in shape, feebly imbricate or juxtaposed; 8-11 maxillary teeth behind fangs; head small, body long and slender anteriorly, posteriorly 2.5 to 3 times thicker than anteriorly; 1 anterior temporal, rarely divided; 7-8 upper labials, second in contact with prefrontal, 3-4 border eye; 34-41 scale rows around neck, 45-55 around midbody; ventrals 374-452, distinct throughout, less than twice as large as adjacent body scales; grayish to olive above, yellowish below, with 45-65 dark bands, widest dorsally, disappearing with age; head black or olive, yellow markings on snout and along sides of head. Total length, males 105 centimetres (3.44 ft), females 105 centimetres (3.44 ft); tail length, males 140 millimetres (5.5 in), females 90 millimetres (3.5 in).[3]

Geographic range

Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar [formerly Burma], Bangladesh)

References

  1. 1 2 "Hydrophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
  2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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