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Striped Sea Snake Hydrophis fasciatus is a species of sea snake. Diagnostic Characters.- Head small, body long and slender anteriorly; scales on thickest part of body subquadrangular or hexagonal in shape, juxtaposed or slightly imbricate; 5-6 maxillary teeth behind fangs; 2 anterior temporals; body scales in 28-33 rows around the neck, 47-58 around midbody (increase in number of rows from neck to midbody 20-27); ventral scales 414-514 (average 460); anterior part of body including head and neck dark olive to black with pale oval yellowish spots on sides, sometimes connected as crossbars; posterior, grayish; below whitish; dark rhomboidal spots may extend down the sides of the body and form complete annuli in young. Total length males 1100 mm, females 990 mm; tail length males 100 mm, females 75 mm. Distribution: Indian Ocean (coasts of Pakistan, India, Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Malaysia) Coasts of Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo) Coasts of Australia, Philippines, New Guinea Coasts of Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian (China)
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- Bergman, R. A. M. 1962 The anatomy of Hydrophis fasciatus atriceps. Biol. Jaarb. 30: 389-416
