Sea snakes in Australian waters (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) - a review with an updated identification key
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2014
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Rasmussen, A.
Sanders, K.
Guinea, M.
Amey, A.
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Zootaxa, 2014; 3869(4):351-371
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Arne Redsted Rasmussen, Kate Laura Sanders, Michael L. Guinea and Andrerw P. Amey
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Sea snakes (Elapidae, subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) reach high species richness in the South China Sea and in the Australian region; however, most countries in the two regions still lack up-to-date checklists and identification tools for these snakes. We present an updated reviewed checklist and a new complete identification key to sea snakes in Australian waters. The identification key includes 29 species documented and 4 possibly occurring taxa and is based mostly on easy-to-use external characters. We find no evidence for breeding populations of Laticauda in Australian waters, but include the genus on the list of possibly occurring taxa.
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