Laticauda semifasciata

Tsai, Tein-Shun & Mao, Jean-Jay, 2017, Species Identification of Shed Snake Skins in Taiwan and Adjacent Islands, Zoological Studies 38 : -

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1810-522X

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scientific name

Laticauda semifasciata
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Laticauda semifasciata View in CoL

Body with bands that are broadest at vertebral line, tapering off laterally ( Fig. 3J); tail laterally compressed; body scales smooth; ventral scales on posterior half to two-thirds of body keeled; ventral scales on poseterior one-third of body notched in central region of posterior margin; upper head distinctly marked; head with 3 prefrontals and no loreals, while the 2nd chin shields not in contact with the infralabials; anal scale divided.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Elapidae

Genus

Laticauda

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