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Hydrophiidae  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A subfamily of marine elapid snakes comprising about 50 species with flattened oar-like tails used as sculls. They are found mostly in the coastal waters of south Asia and Australia. The largest reach a length of almost 9 feet but most species are only about a third as long. They are all venomous. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, pp331-3; Moore: Poisonous Snakes of the World, 1980, p159)

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Entry terms

  • Hydrophidae
  • Hydrophiinae
  • Sea Snakes
  • txid292440

In other languages

  • French

  • Hydrophiidés
  • Hydrophiinae
  • Hydrophiinés
  • Serpents marins
  • txid292440

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CKCCQNNC-B

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