Microcephalophis cantoris

Microcephalophis cantoris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Hydrophiidae
Genus:	Microcephalophis
Species:	M. cantoris
Binomial name
Microcephalophis cantoris (Günther, 1864)

Microcephalophis cantoris is a species of sea snake. Diagnostic Characters- Head small, body long and slender anteriorly; scales on thickest part of body juxtaposed; 5-6 maxillary teeth behind fangs; 23-25 (rarely 21) scale rows around neck, 41-48 around thickest part of body (increase from neck to midbody 18-24); ventrals divided by a longitudinal fissure; prefrontal in contact with third upper labial; ventrals 404-468. Total length males 1450 mm, females 1880 mm; tail length males 120 mm, females140 mm. Distribution: Indian Ocean (Pakistan, India, Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Malaysia), Andaman Islands.

References

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

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