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Blue-lipped sea krait Laticauda laticaudata is a species of sea snake. Diagnostic Characters- Ventrals large, one-third to more than one half the width of the body; nostrils lateral; nasals separated by internasals; 19 longitudinal rows of imbricate scales at midbody; no azygous prefrontal shield; rostral undivided; ventrals 225-243; subcaudals: males 38-47, females 30-35 (ventral and subcaudal counts after Smith 1943:443). Upper lip dark brown. Total length: males 910 mm, females 1070 mm; tail length: males 110 mm, females 110 mm. Distribution: Indian Ocean (E India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines) coasts of Fujian and Taiwan (China), Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal coasts of Malay Peninsula and Indoaustrlian Archiipelago to New Guinea Japan, Pacific Ocean, Polynesia, Melanesia, Solomon Islands [McCoy 2000], New Caledonia, Australia (Queensland)
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- Kharin V E 1984 Revision of sea snakes of subfamily Laticaudinae Cope, 1879 sensu lato (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 124: 128-139
