Disteira major

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Olive-headed seasnake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Hydrophiidae Genus: Disteira Species: D. major
Binomial name
Disteira major (Shaw, 1802)

Olive-headed or greater seasnake Disteira major is a species of sea snake. Indian Ocean (S New Guinea), S New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia (New South Wales?, North Territory, Queensland, West Australia)

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database

[edit] References

• Cogger, H. G. 1975 The sea snakes of Australia and New Guinea. pp. 59-139 in Dunson, W. (ed. ) The Biology of Sea Snakes. Baltimore University Park Press
• Cogger,H.G. 2000 Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
• Rasmussen,A.R. 1997 Systematics of sea snakes: a critical review. In: Thorpe,R.S., Wüster,W. & Malhotra,A. (eds.) Venomous snakes - ecology, evolution and snakebite. Clarendon Press (Oxford)/Symp. zool. Soc. Lond. 70: 15-30