Aipysurus eydouxii
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| Aipysurus eydouxii (Gray, 1849) |
Spine-tailed Seasnake Aipysurus eydouxii is a species of sea snake. Distribution: Australia (North Territory, Queensland, West Australia), South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia, W Malaysia, Vietnam, New Guinea. This snake is packed with strong neurotoxins to procure its prey within seconds.
The scientific name commemorates the French naturalist Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux.
[edit] References
- Kharin, V. E. 1981 A review of sea snakes of the genus Aipysurus (Serpentes, Hydrophiidae) Zoological Zhurnal 60 (2): 257-264
