Hydrophiidae
A subfamily of marine elapid snakes comprising about 50 species with flattened oar-like tails used as sculls. They are found mostly in the coastal waters of south Asia and Australia. The largest reach a length of almost 9 feet but most species are only about a third as long. They are all venomous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp331-3; Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p159)
Year introduced: 2018
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Tree Number(s): B01.050.050.286.875.750.564, B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.875.564, B01.050.150.900.833.672.562.750.564
MeSH Unique ID: D000073180
Registry Number: txid292440
Entry Terms:
- Hydrophidae
- Hydrophiinae
- Sea Snakes
- Sea Snake
- Snake, Sea
- Aipysurus
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