Hydrophis klossi
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae |
Genus: | Hydrophis |
Species: | H. klossi
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Binomial name | |
Hydrophis klossi Boulenger, 1912
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Synonyms[2] | |
Hydrophis klossi, commonly known as Kloss's sea snake, is a species of sea snake in the family Elapidae.[3] Like all other sea snakes, it is venomous. The species is endemic to the Indian Ocean.
Geographic range
H. klossi is found in the Indian Ocean in
Description
The body of H. klossi is olive
The type specimen is 90 cm (35 inches) in total length, which includes a tail 7.5 cm (3 inches) long.
The dorsal scales are imbricate (overlapping), smooth on the anterior part of the body, keeled on the posterior part, and arranged in 33 rows around the thickest part of the body (in 25 rows around the neck). The ventrals number 360.
The head is small, and the body is very slender anteriorly. The diameter of the eye is slightly less than its distance from the mouth. The
Etymology
H. klossi is named after
References
- . Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Hydrophis klossi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Hydrophis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
- ^ Boulenger (1912).
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Hydrophis klossi, p. 143).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1912). A Vertebrate Fauna of the Malay Peninsula from the Isthmus of Kra to Singapore including the Adjacent Islands. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Government of the Federated Malay States. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 298 pp. (Hydrophis klossi, new species, p. 190).
- Kharin VE (2004). ["A review of sea snakes of the genus Hydrophis sensu stricto (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae)"]. [Biologiya Morya] (Vladivostok) 30 (6): 447–454. (in Russian).
- Smith MA (1943). The Fauna of British India, Ceylon and Burma, Including the Whole of the Indo-Chinese Sub-region. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. III.—Serpentes. London: Secretary of State for India. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 583 pp. (Hydrophis klossi, pp. 457–458).