Lapemis curtus

Lapemis curtus

Taxobox | name = Shaw's Sea Snake
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Hydrophiidae
genus = "Lapemis"
species = "L. curtus"
binomial = "Lapemis curtus"
binomial_authority = (Shaw, 1802)

The Shaw's Sea Snake "Lapemis curtus" is a species of sea snake.Distribution:Persian Gulf (Oman, United Arab Emirates, Iran)Indian Ocean (Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India)South China Sea north to the coasts of Fujian and ShandongStrait of TaiwanIndoaustralian ArchipelagoNorth coast of Australia (North Territory, Queensland, West Australia)Philippines (Panay etc.)Pacific Ocean (Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan, New Guinea)

References

* Anderson, J. 1871 A list of the reptilian accession to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, from 1865 to 1870, with a description of some new species. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Calcutta, 40, part 11(1): 12-39.
* Gritis, P. & H. K. Voris 1990 Variability and significance of parietal and ventral scales in the marine snakes of the genus Lapemis (Serpentes: Hydrophiidae), with comments on the occurrence of spiny scales in the genus. Fieldiana Zool. n.s. (56): i-iii + 1-13.
* Rasmussen, A. R. & I. Ineich 2000 Sea snakes of New Caledonia and surrounding waters (Serpentes: Elapidae): first report on the occurrence of Lapemis curtus and description of new species from the genus Hydrophis. Hamadryad, 25(2): 91-99


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