Hydrophis klossi

Hydrophis klossi

Taxobox | name = Kloss' Sea Snake
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Elapidae
genus = "Hydrophis"
species = "H. klossi"
binomial = "Hydrophis klossi"
binomial_authority = Boulenger, 1912

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

Distribution

Indian Ocean, W Malaysia, Thailand (incl. Phuket), Indonesia (Sumatra)

Etymology and taxonomic history

Named after Cecil Boden Kloss (1877-1949), director of the Raffles Museum in Singapore from 1923 to 1932.

References

Bibliography

* Boulenger, G.A. 1912 A vertebrate fauna of the Malay Peninsula from the Isthmus of Kra to Singapore incl. the adjacent islands. Reptilia and Amphibia. London (Taylor & Francis), xiii + 298 S.
* Kharin, V.E. 2004 A review of sea snakes of the genus Hydrophis sensu stricto (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae). [in Russian] . Biologiya Morya (Vladivostok) 30 (6): 447-454


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