Collared Sea Snake | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Elapidae[1] |
Genus: | Hydrophis |
Species: | H. stricticollis |
Binomial name | |
Hydrophis stricticollis Günther, 1864 |
Collared Sea Snake Hydrophis stricticollis is a species of sea snake.[1]
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Scales on thickest part of body subquadrangular or hexagonal in shape, feebly imbricate or juxtaposed; 8-11 maxillary teeth behind fangs; head small, body long and slender anteriorly, posteriorly 2.5 to 3 times thicker than anteriorly; 1 anterior temporal, rarely divided; 7-8 upper labials, second in contact with prefrontal, 3-4 border eye; 34-41 scale rows around neck, 45-55 around midbody; ventrals 374-452, distinct throughout, less than twice as large as adjacent body scales; grayish to olive above, yellowish below, with 45-65 dark bands, widest dorsally, disappearing with age; head black or olive, yellow markings on snout and along sides of head. Total length males 1050 mm, females 1050 mm; tail length males 140 mm, females 90 mm.
Indian Ocean (Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar (= Burma), Bangladesh)