Kolpophis Smith

Rasmussen, Arne Redsted, Elmberg, Johan, Gravlund, Peter & Ineich, Ivan, 2011, Sea snakes (Serpentes: subfamilies Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae) in Vietnam: a comprehensive checklist and an updated identification key, Zootaxa 2894, pp. 1-20 : 8

Kolpophis Smith

Kolpophis annandalei (Laidlaw) : ( Smith, 1926; Bourret, 1934, 1936; Minton, 1975; Harding & Welch, 1980; Tran & Nguyên, 1980; Kharin, 1984b; Welch, 1988; Das, 1993; Golay et al., 1993; Tran & Nguyên, 1995; Nguyên & Hó, 1996; Dotsenko, 1999; Nguyên et al., 2005; Kharin, 2006; Rasmussen et al., 2007; Nguyên et al., 2009).

Diagnostic characters: Head shields irregularly divided. Head large, body stout, covered with small irregular scales. Has very high scale row counts around neck (62–82) and body (74–93). Ventrals 320–368. Maxillary teeth behind fangs 6–7. Colouration: Body yellowish with pale grey bands above, much broader than their interspaces, narrowing on sides. With age the colour becomes pale grey above, whitish below and the bands disappear. Size: 91 cm. General distribution: Singapore, Gulf of Thailand, South China Sea, Borneo and Java ( Das, 1993; David & Ineich, 1999).