Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft, 1869

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M., 2018, Synopsis of the Snakes of the Philippines, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 64 (14), pp. 399-568 : 458

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11512589

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scientific name

Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft, 1869
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Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft, 1869 View in CoL

Annulated Sea Snake; Turtleheaded Sea Snake

Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft, 1869:322 View in CoL .— Smith, 1926:26, fig. 14.— Alcala, 1986a:162.— David and Ineich, 1999:91.— Leviton, Brown, and Siler, 2014:501.

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE SPECIMEN (S).— “Probably the Australian Seas” (see David and Ineich [1999:91]). Syntypes (2): AMS 454 and 6633.

PHILIPPINE DISTRIBUTION ( Map 15B [p. 125]).— “Probably all over Philippine seas” (Alcala [1986:163]) but without exact references.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION (OTHER THAN PHILIPPINES).— Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia (Irian), Loyalty Islands.

CONSERVATION STATUS [IUCN].— Least Concern [2016] ver. 3.1.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Emydocephalus

Loc

Emydocephalus annulatus Krefft, 1869

Leviton, Alan E., Siler, Cameron D., Weinell, Jeffrey L. & Brown, Rafe M. 2018
2018
Loc

Emydocephalus annulatus

LEVITON, ALAN & M. BROWN & AND CAMERON & D. SILER 2014: 501
ALCALA, ANGEL 1986: 162
SMITH, MALCOLM 1926: 26
1926
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