Aipysurus eydouxii

Aipysurus eydouxii

Taxobox | name = Spine-tailed seasnake
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Hydrophiidae
genus = "Aipysurus"
species = "A. eydouxii"
binomial = "Aipysurus eydouxii"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1849)

Spine-tailed Seasnake "Aipysurus eydouxii" is a species of sea snake.Distribution: Australia (North Territory, Queensland, West Australia), South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia, W Malaysia, Vietnam, New Guinea.This snake is packed with strong neurotoxins to procure its prey within seconds.

The scientific name commemorates the French naturalist Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux.

References

* Kharin, V. E. 1981 A review of sea snakes of the genus Aipysurus (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae) Zoological Zhurnal 60 (2): 257-264


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