Kolpophis annandalei

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Bighead Sea Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Hydrophiidae Genus: Kolpophis Species: K. annandalei
Binomial name
Kolpophis annandalei (Laidlaw, 1901)
Synonyms
Disteira annandalei

Bighead Sea Snake Kolpophis annandalei is a species of sea snake. Distribution: Indian Ocean (W Malaysia, S Vietnam, Indonesia: Borneo, Java)

[edit] External links

• http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Kolpophis_annandalei.jpg

[edit] References

• Das, I. 1993 Annandales's seasnake, Kolpophis annandalei (Laidlaw 1901): a new record for Borneo. Raffles Bull. Zool. 41: 359-361
• Laidlaw, F.F. 1901 Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1910: 579