Enhydrina schistosa

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iBeaked seasnake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Hydrophiidae
Genus: Enhydrina
Species: E. schistosa
Binomial name
Enhydrina schistosa
(Daudin, 1803)

Beaked seasnake (Enhydrina schistosa) is a species of sea snake.

It is found in the Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf (off Oman), south of the Seychelles and Madagascar, the seas off South Asia (Pakistan, India and Bangladesh), Southeast Asia (Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Vietnam), and Australia (Northern Territory and Queensland) and New Guinea.

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  • Voris, Harold K. 1985 Population size estimates for a marine snake (Enhydrina schistosa) in Malaysia Copeia 1985 (4): 955-961
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