| 词条 | Hydrophis fasciatus |
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| name = Hydrophis fasciatus | status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | genus = Hydrophis | species = fasciatus | authority = (Schneider, 1799) | synonyms = *Hydrus fasciatus Schneider, 1799
}}Hydrophis fasciatus, commonly known as the striped sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae (Hydrophiinae).[3] DescriptionHydrophis fasciatus has a small head, long body and is slender anteriorly. The scales on thickest part of body are subquadrangular or hexagonal in shape, juxtaposed or slightly imbricate. It has 5-6 maxillary (upper jaw bone) teeth behind fangs and 2 anterior temporals. Body scales in 28-33 rows around the neck, 47-58 around midbody (increase in number of rows from neck to midbody 20-27); ventral scales 414-514 (average 460). Anterior part of body including head and neck dark olive to black with pale oval yellowish spots on sides, sometimes connected as crossbars; posterior, grayish; below whitish; dark rhomboidal spots may extend down the sides of the body and form complete annuli in young. Total length males 1100 mm, females 990 mm; tail length males 100 mm, females 75 mm. Distribution
References1. ^Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ),... Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. pp. 281-282. 2. ^The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. 3. ^{{ITIS |id=700227 |taxon=Hydrophis |accessdate=7 September 2007}} Further reading
3 : Sea snakes|Reptiles of Pakistan|Reptiles described in 1799 |
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