Hydrophis klossi

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iKloss' Sea Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Hydrophiidae Genus: Hydrophis Species: H. klossi
Binomial name
Hydrophis klossi Boulenger, 1912

Kloss' Sea Snake Hydrophis klossi is a species of sea snake. Named after Cecil Boden Kloss (1877-1949), director of the Raffles Museum in Singapore from 1923 to 1932. Distribution: Indian Ocean, W Malaysia, Thailand (incl. Phuket), Indonesia (Sumatra)

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database

[edit] References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1912 A vertebrate fauna of the Malay Peninsula from the Isthmus of Kra to Singapore incl. the adjacent islands. Reptilia and Amphibia. London (Taylor & Francis), xiii + 298 S.
• Kharin, V.E. 2004 A review of sea snakes of the genus Hydrophis sensu stricto (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae). [in Russian]. Biologiya Morya (Vladivostok) 30 (6): 447-454