Microcephalophis gracilis
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| Microcephalophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802) |
The Graceful Small-headed Sea Snake or Slender Sea Snake Microcephalophis gracilis is a species of sea snake.
[edit] Diagnostic Characters
Head small, body long and slender anteriorly; scales on thickest part of body juxtaposed; 5-6 maxillary teeth behind fangs; 17-21 scale rows around neck, 30-36 around thickest part of body (increase from neck to midbody 18-24); ventrals divided by a longitudinal fissure; prefrontal in contact with third upper labial; ventrals 220-287.
Total length males 950 mm, females 1025 mm; tail length males 80 mm, females 95 mm.
[edit] Distribution
- Indian Ocean (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines)
- South China Sea northward to the coast of Fujian (China)
- Persian Gulf to Bay of Bengal (Oman, United Arab Emirates, Iran)
- Coast of Malaysia through Indoaustralian Archipelago to New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia (Queensland), Melanesia, Indonesia
[edit] External links
- Microcephalophis gracilis on the Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Microcephalophis_gracilis.jpg
