Hydrophis stricticollis

Taxobox | name = Collared Sea Snake
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Elapidae
genus = "Hydrophis"
species = "H. stricticollis"
binomial = "Hydrophis stricticollis"
binomial_authority = Günther, 1864

Collared Sea Snake "Hydrophis stricticollis" is a species of sea snake.ITIS|ID=700227|taxon="Hydrophis"|year=2007|date=7 September]

Anatomy

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 1050 mm, females 1050 mm; tail length males 140 mm, females 90 mm.

Distribution

Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar (= Burma), Bangladesh)

References

Bibliography

* Günther, A. 1864 The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.